Tom Cruise Vs. James McAvoy: Who Will Star in At the Moutains of Madness?
September 2nd, 2010
Casting is moving forward on the Guillermo del Toro movie At the Mountains of Madness with both James McAvoy and Tom Cruise in contention for the lead role.
Collider reports that James McAvoy is Universal's top choice for this adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft novella, while director Guillermo del Toro wants Tom Cruise to star in the project.
Both James McAvoy and Tom Cruise have other projects lined up at the moment, with James McAvoy filming X-Men: First Class and Tom Cruise shooting Mission: Impossible in October. However, At the Mountains of Madness isn't expected to start filming for another year, so it's possible that either actor could sign onto the film.
Here's a synopsis for the novella below:
"The story is written in first-person perspective by the geologist William Dyer, a professor from Miskatonic University. He writes to disclose unknown and closely kept secrets in the hope that he can deter a planned and much publicized scientific expedition to Antarctica. On a previous expedition there, a party of scholars from Miskatonic University, led by Dyer, discovered fantastic and horrific ruins and a dangerous secret beyond a range of mountains taller than the Himalayas."
We reported back in July that James Cameron was producing the movie and that it will be shot in 3D. We'll be sure to keep you posted with any further details regarding At the Mountains of Madness as soon as we have more information.
At the Mountains of Madness comes to theaters in 2013. The film is directed by Guillermo del Toro.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
EnterUnderPenaltyOfDeath.com has released the first clip from the horror remake Let Me In, which will arrive in theaters on October 1.
First Let Me In Movie Clip!
September 2nd, 2010
EnterUnderPenaltyOfDeath.com has released the first clip from the horror remake Let Me In, which will arrive in theaters on October 1. Click on the video below to watch Richard Jenkins carry out a creepy attack from the back seat of a car in Matt Reeves upcoming thriller.
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Let Me in comes to theaters October 1st, 2010 and stars Richard Jenkins, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz, Jimmy Pinchak, Sasha Barrese, Chris Browning, Cara Buono, Seth Adkins. The film is directed by Matt Reeves.
September 2nd, 2010
EnterUnderPenaltyOfDeath.com has released the first clip from the horror remake Let Me In, which will arrive in theaters on October 1. Click on the video below to watch Richard Jenkins carry out a creepy attack from the back seat of a car in Matt Reeves upcoming thriller.
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Let Me in comes to theaters October 1st, 2010 and stars Richard Jenkins, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz, Jimmy Pinchak, Sasha Barrese, Chris Browning, Cara Buono, Seth Adkins. The film is directed by Matt Reeves.
"Will it ever happen?" They always say the same thing, "Sure, we'd love to do it."
Bill & Ted 3 Still in the Works
September 2nd, 2010
Rumors of a Bill & Ted 3 have been floating around for years, and whenever stars Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves are posed with the question, "Will it ever happen?" They always say the same thing, "Sure, we'd love to do it."
But in the 19 years since we last saw the duo in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, nothing has ever come of that idea. And news of an on-screen reunion between the two time-traveling, after-life traipsing rock and roll saviors pretty much died out once MGM announced a few years back that they were going to attempt a direct-to-video remake that would see both Bill and Ted's names changed, and their band going from The Wyld Stallyns to Atomic Gorillas. That idea has since been completely shelved. And in December of last year, Keanu Reeves made the press rounds in support of The Day the Earth Stood Still, declaring that he was actively trying to get Bill & Ted 3 greenlit.
Now Alex Winter has confirmed that he is on board with this idea. Over the weekend, the most excellent one otherwise known as Bill S. Preston, Esquire attended a New Beverly retrospect of both Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey. When asked about Bill & Ted 3, Alex Winter told the audience that plans for another chapter in this comedy franchise were currently being ironed out. He also explained that he had met with both Keanu Reeves and the original film's writers Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson, and that they've been "kicking around ideas."
Alex Winter, who is currently directing a remake of The Gate, which is being shot in 3D, made it clear that they would only move forward on Bill & Ted 3 once the trio came up with a storyline they were all completely satisfied with. In saying that, he hinted that a lot of the story ideas were, "Far too dark for children to see."
As many people know, quite a bit of Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, which was originally titled Bill and Ted Go to Hell, found itself on the cutting room floor when producers deemed it far too scary for the film's intended audience. Though these scenes have never been released on any of the thus-far released DVD incarnations of the movie, they are all featured in the original Marvel Comics adaptation that came out to coincide with the sequel's theatrical release. And pictures from these missing scenes have been circulating for years.
Bill & Ted 3 may touch on some of these discarded topics, and a popular theory about the storyline finds Bill and Ted having to deal with Little Ted and Little Bill, who are now Bill and Ted's age when they first embarked on their "most crucial turning point in history", which served as the basis of the original movie. The new film, which may incorporate elements of time travel, but not focus exclusively on it, could see Bill and Ted bumping into their younger selves via the same technology that brought us a young Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator Salvation.
After news of Bill & Ted 3 started to hit the Internet, Alex Winter decided to clarify things on his personal Twitter account by saying this:
"All I said about b&t @newbeverly is me, Keanu Reeves, Ed Solomon & Chris Matheson have kicked ideas around over the years. Everything else on the net is conjecture. Idea of a 3rd sequel is nothing more than a lark tho for now. fyi..."
September 2nd, 2010
Rumors of a Bill & Ted 3 have been floating around for years, and whenever stars Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves are posed with the question, "Will it ever happen?" They always say the same thing, "Sure, we'd love to do it."
But in the 19 years since we last saw the duo in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, nothing has ever come of that idea. And news of an on-screen reunion between the two time-traveling, after-life traipsing rock and roll saviors pretty much died out once MGM announced a few years back that they were going to attempt a direct-to-video remake that would see both Bill and Ted's names changed, and their band going from The Wyld Stallyns to Atomic Gorillas. That idea has since been completely shelved. And in December of last year, Keanu Reeves made the press rounds in support of The Day the Earth Stood Still, declaring that he was actively trying to get Bill & Ted 3 greenlit.
Now Alex Winter has confirmed that he is on board with this idea. Over the weekend, the most excellent one otherwise known as Bill S. Preston, Esquire attended a New Beverly retrospect of both Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey. When asked about Bill & Ted 3, Alex Winter told the audience that plans for another chapter in this comedy franchise were currently being ironed out. He also explained that he had met with both Keanu Reeves and the original film's writers Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson, and that they've been "kicking around ideas."
Alex Winter, who is currently directing a remake of The Gate, which is being shot in 3D, made it clear that they would only move forward on Bill & Ted 3 once the trio came up with a storyline they were all completely satisfied with. In saying that, he hinted that a lot of the story ideas were, "Far too dark for children to see."
As many people know, quite a bit of Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, which was originally titled Bill and Ted Go to Hell, found itself on the cutting room floor when producers deemed it far too scary for the film's intended audience. Though these scenes have never been released on any of the thus-far released DVD incarnations of the movie, they are all featured in the original Marvel Comics adaptation that came out to coincide with the sequel's theatrical release. And pictures from these missing scenes have been circulating for years.
Bill & Ted 3 may touch on some of these discarded topics, and a popular theory about the storyline finds Bill and Ted having to deal with Little Ted and Little Bill, who are now Bill and Ted's age when they first embarked on their "most crucial turning point in history", which served as the basis of the original movie. The new film, which may incorporate elements of time travel, but not focus exclusively on it, could see Bill and Ted bumping into their younger selves via the same technology that brought us a young Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator Salvation.
After news of Bill & Ted 3 started to hit the Internet, Alex Winter decided to clarify things on his personal Twitter account by saying this:
"All I said about b&t @newbeverly is me, Keanu Reeves, Ed Solomon & Chris Matheson have kicked ideas around over the years. Everything else on the net is conjecture. Idea of a 3rd sequel is nothing more than a lark tho for now. fyi..."
Director Michael Bay is currently shooting the sequel Transformers 3 in Chicago. According to E! Online, a 24y old extra was seriously injured.Video.
Transformers 3 Extra Seriously Injured on Set
September 2nd, 2010
A 24-year-old woman participating in a car stunt suffered a serious head injury during a 'Transformers 3' shoot in northwest Indiana one day before filming was supposed to conclude in the Chicago area.
Director Michael Bay is currently shooting the sequel Transformers 3 in Chicago. According to E! Online, a 24-year-old extra was seriously injured on his set this past Wednesday night.
The victim was identified as Gabriella Cedillo, who was seriously hurt when an object came hurdling through the windshield of the car she was driving. Here's an excerpt from the site's article:
"Preliminary investigation revealed that shortly before 7 p.m, the movie crew was filming a stunt using numerous vehicles and drivers," authorities said in a statement. "During this stunt, an object struck a 2006 Toyota, hitting the vehicle, and then went through the windshield hitting the driver."
You can watch a video from a local ABC affiliate below, which offers more information about the incident:
It was said that production was suspended after the accident and scenes that were to be filmed today in Chicago's Millenium Park have been canceled. We'll be sure to keep you posted with any further information on the status of Gabriella Cedillo's injury and how it will affect Transformers 3's shooting schedule as soon the information is made available.
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Transformers 3 comes to theaters July 1st, 2011 and stars Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Julie White, Kevin Dunn, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Alan Tudyk, John Malkovich. The film is directed by Michael Bay.
September 2nd, 2010
A 24-year-old woman participating in a car stunt suffered a serious head injury during a 'Transformers 3' shoot in northwest Indiana one day before filming was supposed to conclude in the Chicago area.
Director Michael Bay is currently shooting the sequel Transformers 3 in Chicago. According to E! Online, a 24-year-old extra was seriously injured on his set this past Wednesday night.
The victim was identified as Gabriella Cedillo, who was seriously hurt when an object came hurdling through the windshield of the car she was driving. Here's an excerpt from the site's article:
"Preliminary investigation revealed that shortly before 7 p.m, the movie crew was filming a stunt using numerous vehicles and drivers," authorities said in a statement. "During this stunt, an object struck a 2006 Toyota, hitting the vehicle, and then went through the windshield hitting the driver."
You can watch a video from a local ABC affiliate below, which offers more information about the incident:
It was said that production was suspended after the accident and scenes that were to be filmed today in Chicago's Millenium Park have been canceled. We'll be sure to keep you posted with any further information on the status of Gabriella Cedillo's injury and how it will affect Transformers 3's shooting schedule as soon the information is made available.
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Transformers 3 comes to theaters July 1st, 2011 and stars Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Julie White, Kevin Dunn, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Alan Tudyk, John Malkovich. The film is directed by Michael Bay.
Warner Bros.'s new 3D project Gravity has tumbled back to earth after Angelina Jolie passed on the project,
Angelina Jolie Abandons Gravity
September 2nd, 2010
Warner Bros.'s new 3D project Gravity has tumbled back to earth after Angelina Jolie passed on the project, which could put an indefinite hold on the movie. This news comes from Deadline New York.
It was reported that Angelina Jolie had actually passed on the Alfonso Cuarón project twice, the first time when the project was at Universal, and then again just recently, with the movie now at Warner Bros. Robert Downey Jr. is attached to star, but the site reports that his role isn't very big and that it wasn't Alfonso Cuarón's intention to make the film a starring vehicle for Robert Downey Jr.
Alfonso Cuarón intends to direct from a script he co-wrote with his son Jonás Cuarón. The story focuses on a remote space station. While Robert Downey Jr.'s character and a female colleague are outside the station doing research work, a field of debris kills their other team members. The main plot will center on the female character, who is trying to return home to her child.
Deadline New York also reports that Warner Bros. has approached Sandra Bullock and Natalie Portman to take on the role. The studio is keen on both actresses, but they have also approached a bevy of other talent as well, such as Naomi Watts, Marion Cotillard, Carey Mulligan, Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller, Abbie Cornish, Rebecca Hall, Olivia Wilde and Blake Lively.
Gravity comes to theaters in 2011 and stars Robert Downey Jr..
September 2nd, 2010
Warner Bros.'s new 3D project Gravity has tumbled back to earth after Angelina Jolie passed on the project, which could put an indefinite hold on the movie. This news comes from Deadline New York.
It was reported that Angelina Jolie had actually passed on the Alfonso Cuarón project twice, the first time when the project was at Universal, and then again just recently, with the movie now at Warner Bros. Robert Downey Jr. is attached to star, but the site reports that his role isn't very big and that it wasn't Alfonso Cuarón's intention to make the film a starring vehicle for Robert Downey Jr.
Alfonso Cuarón intends to direct from a script he co-wrote with his son Jonás Cuarón. The story focuses on a remote space station. While Robert Downey Jr.'s character and a female colleague are outside the station doing research work, a field of debris kills their other team members. The main plot will center on the female character, who is trying to return home to her child.
Deadline New York also reports that Warner Bros. has approached Sandra Bullock and Natalie Portman to take on the role. The studio is keen on both actresses, but they have also approached a bevy of other talent as well, such as Naomi Watts, Marion Cotillard, Carey Mulligan, Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller, Abbie Cornish, Rebecca Hall, Olivia Wilde and Blake Lively.
Gravity comes to theaters in 2011 and stars Robert Downey Jr..
Producer M. Night Shyamalan's latest project Devil will arrive in theaters September 17,
Devil Unearths Two Viral Websites
September 2nd, 2010
Producer M. Night Shyamalan's latest project Devil will arrive in theaters September 17, and to help promote the film, Universal Pictures has released two new viral websites for movie fans to explore, as well as updated the official Devil site.
TheDevilsMeeting.com offers a look at several pop culture and news stories that show where the Devil has popped up in recent months. You can read blog posts, watch videos, and much more to see how the Devil has influenced society today. Also on the site is a link to The Devil Made Me Do It site, where you can share your deepest, darkest secrets, and users can decide whether to forgive you...Or damn you. Click on the image below to visit this new portal now:
Devil comes to theaters September 17th, 2010 and stars Chris Messina, Geoffrey Arend, Caroline Dhavernas, Jacob Vargas, Matt Craven, Bojana Novakovic, Logan Marshall-Green, Bokeem Woodbine. The film is directed by Drew Dowdle, John Erick Dowdle.
September 2nd, 2010
Producer M. Night Shyamalan's latest project Devil will arrive in theaters September 17, and to help promote the film, Universal Pictures has released two new viral websites for movie fans to explore, as well as updated the official Devil site.
TheDevilsMeeting.com offers a look at several pop culture and news stories that show where the Devil has popped up in recent months. You can read blog posts, watch videos, and much more to see how the Devil has influenced society today. Also on the site is a link to The Devil Made Me Do It site, where you can share your deepest, darkest secrets, and users can decide whether to forgive you...Or damn you. Click on the image below to visit this new portal now:
Devil comes to theaters September 17th, 2010 and stars Chris Messina, Geoffrey Arend, Caroline Dhavernas, Jacob Vargas, Matt Craven, Bojana Novakovic, Logan Marshall-Green, Bokeem Woodbine. The film is directed by Drew Dowdle, John Erick Dowdle.
Brand new international trailer for the highly-anticipated thriller Buried, which will be released in theaters nationwide on October 8.
Buried International Trailer with New Footage
September 2nd, 2010
The Sun has debuted a brand new international trailer for the highly-anticipated thriller Buried, which will be released in theaters nationwide on October 8. Click on the video player below to watch new footage from the Rodrigo Cortés movie.
Buried comes to theaters October 8th, 2010 and stars Ryan Reynolds, Robert Paterson, José Luis García Pérez, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Mathis, Warner Loughlin, Ivana Miño, Erik Palladino. The film is directed by Rodrigo Cortés.
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September 2nd, 2010
The Sun has debuted a brand new international trailer for the highly-anticipated thriller Buried, which will be released in theaters nationwide on October 8. Click on the video player below to watch new footage from the Rodrigo Cortés movie.
Buried comes to theaters October 8th, 2010 and stars Ryan Reynolds, Robert Paterson, José Luis García Pérez, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Mathis, Warner Loughlin, Ivana Miño, Erik Palladino. The film is directed by Rodrigo Cortés.
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Vulture has debuted the brand new poster for the highly-anticipated movie Monsters,
Second Monsters US Teaser Poster
September 2nd, 2010
Vulture has debuted the brand new poster for the highly-anticipated movie Monsters, which arrives in theaters on Halloween weekend, starting October 29. Click on this new one-sheet to access our full poster gallery from Gareth Edwards' romantic creature feature:
Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Soon after, new life forms began to appear and grow. In an effort to stem the destruction that resulted, half of Mexico was quarantined as an INFECTED ZONE. Today, the American and Mexican military still struggle to contain the massive creatures... Our story begins when a jaded US journalist (Scoot McNairy) begrudgingly agrees to find his bosses daughter, a shaken American tourist (Whitney Able) and escort her through the infected zone to the safety of the US border.
Monsters comes to theaters October 29th, 2010 and stars Whitney Able, Scoot McNairy. The film is directed by Gareth Edwards.
September 2nd, 2010
Vulture has debuted the brand new poster for the highly-anticipated movie Monsters, which arrives in theaters on Halloween weekend, starting October 29. Click on this new one-sheet to access our full poster gallery from Gareth Edwards' romantic creature feature:
Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Soon after, new life forms began to appear and grow. In an effort to stem the destruction that resulted, half of Mexico was quarantined as an INFECTED ZONE. Today, the American and Mexican military still struggle to contain the massive creatures... Our story begins when a jaded US journalist (Scoot McNairy) begrudgingly agrees to find his bosses daughter, a shaken American tourist (Whitney Able) and escort her through the infected zone to the safety of the US border.
Monsters comes to theaters October 29th, 2010 and stars Whitney Able, Scoot McNairy. The film is directed by Gareth Edwards.
Actress Emma Bell has landed the lead role in the horror sequel Final Destination 5,
Final Destination 5 Adds Emma Bell
September 2nd, 2010
Actress Emma Bell has landed the lead role in the horror sequel Final Destination 5, according to Arrow In the Head.
The site didn't have any details about her character, but it was reported that production will start on September 13, with filming to take place in Vancouver. Emma Bell is no stranger to the horror genre, having appeared last in Adam Green's Frozen. She also has a role in the upcoming zombie TV series The Walking Dead, which debuts on AMC this Halloween.
Steven Quale is directing Final Destination 5 from a script by Eric Heisserer.
Final Destination 5 comes to theaters August 26th, 2011 and stars Miles Fisher, Arlen Escarpeta, Nicholas D'Agosto, Ellen Wroe, Meghan Ory, P.J. Byrne, Tony Todd, David Koechner. The film is directed by Steven Quale.
September 2nd, 2010
Actress Emma Bell has landed the lead role in the horror sequel Final Destination 5, according to Arrow In the Head.
The site didn't have any details about her character, but it was reported that production will start on September 13, with filming to take place in Vancouver. Emma Bell is no stranger to the horror genre, having appeared last in Adam Green's Frozen. She also has a role in the upcoming zombie TV series The Walking Dead, which debuts on AMC this Halloween.
Steven Quale is directing Final Destination 5 from a script by Eric Heisserer.
Final Destination 5 comes to theaters August 26th, 2011 and stars Miles Fisher, Arlen Escarpeta, Nicholas D'Agosto, Ellen Wroe, Meghan Ory, P.J. Byrne, Tony Todd, David Koechner. The film is directed by Steven Quale.
Actor Anthony Mackie is in negotiations to join the cast of Summit Entertainment's upcoming movie Man on a Ledge,
Anthony Mackie Boards Man on a Ledge
September 2nd, 2010
Actor Anthony Mackie is in negotiations to join the cast of Summit Entertainment's upcoming movie Man on a Ledge, according to Variety.
We reported in July that Sam Worthington is already attached to star in the project, which centers on a former NYPD cop who threatens to jump from a building, and his relationship with the female psychologist who tries to talk him down. It wasn't clear what role Anthony Mackie had signed onto play.
Asger Leth is directing the movie from a script by Pablo Fenjves.
Man on a Ledge comes to theaters in 2012 and stars Sam Worthington, Anthony Mackie. The film is directed by Asger Leth.
September 2nd, 2010
Actor Anthony Mackie is in negotiations to join the cast of Summit Entertainment's upcoming movie Man on a Ledge, according to Variety.
We reported in July that Sam Worthington is already attached to star in the project, which centers on a former NYPD cop who threatens to jump from a building, and his relationship with the female psychologist who tries to talk him down. It wasn't clear what role Anthony Mackie had signed onto play.
Asger Leth is directing the movie from a script by Pablo Fenjves.
Man on a Ledge comes to theaters in 2012 and stars Sam Worthington, Anthony Mackie. The film is directed by Asger Leth.
Warner Bros. Pictures has unveiled the international trailer for Due Date,
International Due Date Trailer!
September 2nd, 2010
Warner Bros. Pictures has unveiled the international trailer for Due Date, which features some new footage from the Robert Downey Jr. / Zach Galifianakis comedy.
Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) is an expectant first-time father whose wife's due date is a mere five days away. As Peter hurries to catch a flight home from Atlanta to be at her side for the birth, his best intentions go completely awry when a chance encounter with aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay (Zach Galifianakis) forces Peter to hitch a ride with Ethan--on what turns out to be a cross-country road trip that will ultimately destroy several cars, numerous friendships and Peter's last nerve. Take a look below!
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Due Date comes to theaters November 5th, 2010 and stars Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Jamie Foxx, Juliette Lewis, Michelle Monaghan, Alan Arkin, Matt Walsh, RZA. The film is directed by Todd Phillips.
September 2nd, 2010
Warner Bros. Pictures has unveiled the international trailer for Due Date, which features some new footage from the Robert Downey Jr. / Zach Galifianakis comedy.
Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) is an expectant first-time father whose wife's due date is a mere five days away. As Peter hurries to catch a flight home from Atlanta to be at her side for the birth, his best intentions go completely awry when a chance encounter with aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay (Zach Galifianakis) forces Peter to hitch a ride with Ethan--on what turns out to be a cross-country road trip that will ultimately destroy several cars, numerous friendships and Peter's last nerve. Take a look below!
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Due Date comes to theaters November 5th, 2010 and stars Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Jamie Foxx, Juliette Lewis, Michelle Monaghan, Alan Arkin, Matt Walsh, RZA. The film is directed by Todd Phillips.
A brand new banner image of David Tennant in the upcoming remake of Fright Night has just been uncovered.
First Fright Night Photo with David Tennant as Peter Vincent!
September 2nd, 2010
A brand new banner image of David Tennant in the upcoming remake of Fright Night has just been uncovered. Click on the photo below to access our gallery from this new movie, directed by Craig Gillespie.
Anton Yelchin plays Charlie, a teen convinced that his new neighbor (Colin Farrell) is a vampire. Toni Collette will play the teen's disbelieving mom, who falls under the vampire's spell. David Tennant will play Peter Vincent, a character who in the original movie was played by Roddy McDowall as the host of a late-night horror show. In the remake, he's a Las Vegas magician whose show revolves around horror-movie imagery. Vincent claims to be a vampire expert, but when the teen turns to him for assistance, he's less than helpful. Christopher Mintz-Plasse is playing Evil Ed, Yelchin's friend who feels slighted that Charlie has left his nerdy past behind and thus joins the vampire's coven.
Fright Night comes to theaters October 7th, 2011 and stars Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Colin Farrell, Toni Collette, David Tennant, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Sandra Vergara. The film is directed by Craig Gillespie.
September 2nd, 2010
A brand new banner image of David Tennant in the upcoming remake of Fright Night has just been uncovered. Click on the photo below to access our gallery from this new movie, directed by Craig Gillespie.
Anton Yelchin plays Charlie, a teen convinced that his new neighbor (Colin Farrell) is a vampire. Toni Collette will play the teen's disbelieving mom, who falls under the vampire's spell. David Tennant will play Peter Vincent, a character who in the original movie was played by Roddy McDowall as the host of a late-night horror show. In the remake, he's a Las Vegas magician whose show revolves around horror-movie imagery. Vincent claims to be a vampire expert, but when the teen turns to him for assistance, he's less than helpful. Christopher Mintz-Plasse is playing Evil Ed, Yelchin's friend who feels slighted that Charlie has left his nerdy past behind and thus joins the vampire's coven.
Fright Night comes to theaters October 7th, 2011 and stars Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Colin Farrell, Toni Collette, David Tennant, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Sandra Vergara. The film is directed by Craig Gillespie.
Lionsgate has unveiled the first poster for the upcoming Paul Haggis thriller, The Next Three Days,Poster & Video.
The Next Three Days Poster Features Russell Crowe
September 2nd, 2010
Lionsgate has unveiled the first poster for the upcoming Paul Haggis thriller, The Next Three Days, starring Russell Crowe, Liam Neeson, Elizabeth Banks and Olivia Wilde.
Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a gruesome murder she says she didn't commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence. With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides there is only one possible, bearable solution: to break his wife out of prison. Refusing to be deterred by impossible odds or his own inexperience, John devises an elaborate escape plot and plunges into a dangerous and unfamiliar world, ultimately risking everything for the woman he loves.
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The Next Three Days comes to theaters November 19th, 2010 and stars Olivia Wilde, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson, Russell Crowe, Jonathan Tucker, Brian Dennehy, RZA, Sean Huze. The film is directed by Paul Haggis.
September 2nd, 2010
Lionsgate has unveiled the first poster for the upcoming Paul Haggis thriller, The Next Three Days, starring Russell Crowe, Liam Neeson, Elizabeth Banks and Olivia Wilde.
Life seems perfect for John Brennan until his wife, Lara, is arrested for a gruesome murder she says she didn't commit. Three years into her sentence, John is struggling to hold his family together, raising their son and teaching at college while he pursues every means available to prove her innocence. With the rejection of their final appeal, Lara becomes suicidal and John decides there is only one possible, bearable solution: to break his wife out of prison. Refusing to be deterred by impossible odds or his own inexperience, John devises an elaborate escape plot and plunges into a dangerous and unfamiliar world, ultimately risking everything for the woman he loves.
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The Next Three Days comes to theaters November 19th, 2010 and stars Olivia Wilde, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson, Russell Crowe, Jonathan Tucker, Brian Dennehy, RZA, Sean Huze. The film is directed by Paul Haggis.
Rihanna Daily have posted a slew of new images featuring the pop star-turned-actress Rihanna on the set of Battleship,
Rihanna Battleship Set Photos!
September 1st, 2010
Rihanna Daily have posted a slew of new images featuring the pop star-turned-actress Rihanna on the set of Battleship, which will arrive in theaters nationwide on May 25, 2012. Click on any of the photos below to access our full photo gallery from the new movie, which is being directed by Peter Berg:
Battleship will be based on the popular board game, bringing the rules of sinking one's battleship into the real world when an alien menace descends upon a naval ship unprepared for the coming onslaught of otherworldly brutality. The ship's team is forced to use a complex strategy in outsmarting this heavily armed threat.
Battleship comes to theaters May 25th, 2012 and stars Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Joel William Gonzales, Tom Arnold, Brooklyn Decker, Rihanna, Hamish Linklater. The film is directed by Peter Berg.
September 1st, 2010
Rihanna Daily have posted a slew of new images featuring the pop star-turned-actress Rihanna on the set of Battleship, which will arrive in theaters nationwide on May 25, 2012. Click on any of the photos below to access our full photo gallery from the new movie, which is being directed by Peter Berg:
Battleship will be based on the popular board game, bringing the rules of sinking one's battleship into the real world when an alien menace descends upon a naval ship unprepared for the coming onslaught of otherworldly brutality. The ship's team is forced to use a complex strategy in outsmarting this heavily armed threat.
Battleship comes to theaters May 25th, 2012 and stars Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Joel William Gonzales, Tom Arnold, Brooklyn Decker, Rihanna, Hamish Linklater. The film is directed by Peter Berg.
An international trailer for the upcoming movie 13 has arrived online.
International 13 Trailer!
September 1st, 2010
An international trailer for the upcoming movie 13 has arrived online. Click on the video player below for your first glimpse at this remake of 13 Tzameti, which stars Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke and Alexander Skarsgård:
13 is director Géla Babluani's remake of his French-language film 13 Tzameti, which centers on a naive young man who assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.
13 comes to theaters in 2010 and stars Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Alexander Skarsgård, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Michael Shannon, Ray Winstone, Natasha Lyonne, 50 Cent. The film is directed by Géla Babluani.
September 1st, 2010
An international trailer for the upcoming movie 13 has arrived online. Click on the video player below for your first glimpse at this remake of 13 Tzameti, which stars Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke and Alexander Skarsgård:
13 is director Géla Babluani's remake of his French-language film 13 Tzameti, which centers on a naive young man who assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.
13 comes to theaters in 2010 and stars Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Alexander Skarsgård, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Michael Shannon, Ray Winstone, Natasha Lyonne, 50 Cent. The film is directed by Géla Babluani.
IMP Awards has posted two brand new international posters from the highly-anticipated movies Tron:
New Tron: Legacy and Let Me In International Posters
September 1st, 2010
IMP Awards has posted two brand new international posters from the highly-anticipated movies Tron: Legacy, due in theaters December 17, and Let Me In, which will arrive on October 1. Click on each of the new international posters below to access our poster galleries for both upcoming movies.
Tron: Legacy comes to theaters December 17th, 2010 and stars Jeff Bridges, Michael Sheen, Olivia Wilde, Garrett Hedlund, Serinda Swan, Bruce Boxleitner, John Hurt, Beau Garrett. The film is directed by Joseph Kosinski.
Let Me in comes to theaters October 1st, 2010 and stars Richard Jenkins, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz, Jimmy Pinchak, Sasha Barrese, Chris Browning, Cara Buono, Seth Adkins. The film is directed by Matt Reeves.
September 1st, 2010
IMP Awards has posted two brand new international posters from the highly-anticipated movies Tron: Legacy, due in theaters December 17, and Let Me In, which will arrive on October 1. Click on each of the new international posters below to access our poster galleries for both upcoming movies.
Tron: Legacy comes to theaters December 17th, 2010 and stars Jeff Bridges, Michael Sheen, Olivia Wilde, Garrett Hedlund, Serinda Swan, Bruce Boxleitner, John Hurt, Beau Garrett. The film is directed by Joseph Kosinski.
Let Me in comes to theaters October 1st, 2010 and stars Richard Jenkins, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Moretz, Jimmy Pinchak, Sasha Barrese, Chris Browning, Cara Buono, Seth Adkins. The film is directed by Matt Reeves.
Paula Patton is the latest cast addition to Paramount Pictures upcoming franchise reboot Mission: Impossible.
Mission: Impossible Recruits Paula Patton
September 1st, 2010
Paula Patton is the latest cast addition to Paramount Pictures upcoming franchise reboot Mission: Impossible. Deadline is reporting that she will play a young operative who teams up with Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt.
In the same story, Deadline claims that Tom Cruise and producer J.J. Abrams, who came up with the story together, have decided to remove the IV from the title. This is to ensure that audiences clearly recognize that the film is a reboot, which both parties intended when they first sat down to collaborated on the script.
The movie begins shooting this fall with director Brad Bird at the helm. It will be Tom Cruise's first film with Paramount since he left the studio in 2007.
Mission: Impossible comes to theaters December 16th, 2011 and stars Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton. The film is directed by Brad Bird.
September 1st, 2010
Paula Patton is the latest cast addition to Paramount Pictures upcoming franchise reboot Mission: Impossible. Deadline is reporting that she will play a young operative who teams up with Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt.
In the same story, Deadline claims that Tom Cruise and producer J.J. Abrams, who came up with the story together, have decided to remove the IV from the title. This is to ensure that audiences clearly recognize that the film is a reboot, which both parties intended when they first sat down to collaborated on the script.
The movie begins shooting this fall with director Brad Bird at the helm. It will be Tom Cruise's first film with Paramount since he left the studio in 2007.
Mission: Impossible comes to theaters December 16th, 2011 and stars Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Jeremy Renner, Paula Patton. The film is directed by Brad Bird.
Monica Bellucci has been brought onto star in the upcoming Italian movie Manual of Love 3,
Monica Belluci Joins Manual of Love 3
September 1st, 2010
Monica Bellucci has been brought onto star in the upcoming Italian movie Manual of Love 3, according to Variety.
Monica Bellucci will appear as a love interest alongside Robert De Niro, who is portraying an American professor. This is the third film in an Italian trilogy. Director Giovanni Veronesi hopes to reach a broader audience with this new chapter in this ongoing romance series. Here's what producer Aurelio De Laurentiis said about this third film:
"This third one, with De Niro in the cast, will have greater international ambitions."
The first two films took in $45 million total in Italy, and were also released in several other international markets. Manual of Love 3 will start filming this month in Rome's Cinetta Studios. We'll be sure to keep you posted as new information is made available.
Manual of Love 3 comes to theaters in 2011
September 1st, 2010
Monica Bellucci has been brought onto star in the upcoming Italian movie Manual of Love 3, according to Variety.
Monica Bellucci will appear as a love interest alongside Robert De Niro, who is portraying an American professor. This is the third film in an Italian trilogy. Director Giovanni Veronesi hopes to reach a broader audience with this new chapter in this ongoing romance series. Here's what producer Aurelio De Laurentiis said about this third film:
"This third one, with De Niro in the cast, will have greater international ambitions."
The first two films took in $45 million total in Italy, and were also released in several other international markets. Manual of Love 3 will start filming this month in Rome's Cinetta Studios. We'll be sure to keep you posted as new information is made available.
Manual of Love 3 comes to theaters in 2011
The sequel Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall has been officially greenlit.
Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall Greenlit!
September 1st, 2010
Kick-Ass comic book creator Mark Millar has revealed on a BBC radio program that the sequel Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall has been officially greenlit.
Here's what Mark Millar said on the show, as transcribed by website Bleeding Cool:
"The estimate is [Kick-Ass] will do 100 to 150 million on DVD based on the American sales, you know, so it'll end up making a quarter of a billion on a 28 million investment. So It should be okay. So the sequel's greenlit, we can go ahead and do the follow up now, you know? The first made so much compared to what it cost it would be crazy not to."
Director Matthew Vaughn is expected to make Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall his next project after he finishes work on X-Men: First Class, which hits theaters June 3rd of 2011. Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse have all expressed interest in returning for the sequel.
We'll be sure to keep you posted with any further details on Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall as they're made available.
Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall comes to theaters in 2012 and stars Aaron Johnson, Lyndsy Fonseca, Chloe Moretz, Clark Duke, Evan Peters. The film is directed by Matthew Vaughn.
September 1st, 2010
Kick-Ass comic book creator Mark Millar has revealed on a BBC radio program that the sequel Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall has been officially greenlit.
Here's what Mark Millar said on the show, as transcribed by website Bleeding Cool:
"The estimate is [Kick-Ass] will do 100 to 150 million on DVD based on the American sales, you know, so it'll end up making a quarter of a billion on a 28 million investment. So It should be okay. So the sequel's greenlit, we can go ahead and do the follow up now, you know? The first made so much compared to what it cost it would be crazy not to."
Director Matthew Vaughn is expected to make Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall his next project after he finishes work on X-Men: First Class, which hits theaters June 3rd of 2011. Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse have all expressed interest in returning for the sequel.
We'll be sure to keep you posted with any further details on Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall as they're made available.
Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall comes to theaters in 2012 and stars Aaron Johnson, Lyndsy Fonseca, Chloe Moretz, Clark Duke, Evan Peters. The film is directed by Matthew Vaughn.
The full-length feature film based on Robert Rodriguez's Grindhouse trailer Machete is finally opening in theaters across the country this Friday,Sep3
Machete Cast and Crew Interviews!
September 1st, 2010
More than twenty years in the making, the full-length feature film based on Robert Rodriguez's Grindhouse trailer Machete is finally opening in theaters across the country this Friday, September 3rd, 2010. Danny Trejo stars as a former Mexican Federale forced to go on the run after an assassination plot turns against him. We recently met up with both Robert Rodriguez and Danny Trejo, as well as the film's two leading ladies Michelle Rodriguez and Jessica Alba, to find out more about the making of this long-awaited thriller. To watch our exclusive interviews, click on the video below:
A blade-wielding ex-Federale hides out as a day laborer when he is double-crossed by a corrupt senator in Robert Rodriguez's long awaited Grindhouse spin-off Machete.
Machete comes to theaters September 3rd, 2010 and stars Danny Trejo, Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Steven Seagal, Michelle Rodriguez, Jeff Fahey, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson. The film is directed by Ethan Maniquis, Robert Rodriguez.
September 1st, 2010
More than twenty years in the making, the full-length feature film based on Robert Rodriguez's Grindhouse trailer Machete is finally opening in theaters across the country this Friday, September 3rd, 2010. Danny Trejo stars as a former Mexican Federale forced to go on the run after an assassination plot turns against him. We recently met up with both Robert Rodriguez and Danny Trejo, as well as the film's two leading ladies Michelle Rodriguez and Jessica Alba, to find out more about the making of this long-awaited thriller. To watch our exclusive interviews, click on the video below:
A blade-wielding ex-Federale hides out as a day laborer when he is double-crossed by a corrupt senator in Robert Rodriguez's long awaited Grindhouse spin-off Machete.
Machete comes to theaters September 3rd, 2010 and stars Danny Trejo, Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Steven Seagal, Michelle Rodriguez, Jeff Fahey, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson. The film is directed by Ethan Maniquis, Robert Rodriguez.
Chelsea Handler may have parted ways with her new boyfriend, Animal Planet star Dave Salmoni.Video.
Split? She Fuels Breakup Rumors
First Posted: 09- 2-10 03:12 PM | Updated: 09- 2-10 03:13 PM
Chelsea Handler may have parted ways with her new boyfriend, Animal Planet star Dave Salmoni.
"Up until a couple weeks ago, I was working very intimately with the Animal Planet, but unfortunately, that contract was terminated," she said on 'Chelsea Lately' Wednesday night. "However, I enjoyed being in bed with them and may hook up for an occasional project."
Chelsea confirmed that she and Dave were dating on 'The Tonight Show' in July, and they stepped out together at a concert in August.
"She saves all commentary about her personal life for her own show," her rep told Us Weekly when asked about a possible breakup.
First Posted: 09- 2-10 03:12 PM | Updated: 09- 2-10 03:13 PM
Chelsea Handler may have parted ways with her new boyfriend, Animal Planet star Dave Salmoni.
"Up until a couple weeks ago, I was working very intimately with the Animal Planet, but unfortunately, that contract was terminated," she said on 'Chelsea Lately' Wednesday night. "However, I enjoyed being in bed with them and may hook up for an occasional project."
Chelsea confirmed that she and Dave were dating on 'The Tonight Show' in July, and they stepped out together at a concert in August.
"She saves all commentary about her personal life for her own show," her rep told Us Weekly when asked about a possible breakup.
Jerry Lewis, 84, had some choice words for Lindsay Lohan during an interview with Inside Edition.Video
Jerry Lewis Would 'Smack' Lindsay Lohan, 'Spank Her'
First Posted: 09- 2-10 06:15 PM | Updated: 09- 2-10 06:15 PM
Jerry Lewis, 84, had some choice words for Lindsay Lohan during an interview with Inside Edition (via Popeater).
Asked what he would do if he saw the fresh-out-of-jail and rehab Lohan, Lewis told the interviewer, 'I'd smack her in the mouth if I saw her,' continuing, 'I would smack her in the mouth and be arrested for abusing a woman.'
When asked what he would then say to her, Lewis responded, "I would say, 'You deserve this and nothing else' ... WHACK! And then, if she's not satisfied, I'd put her over my knee and SPANK her."
And it's not just Lohan's behavior that Lewis is concerned about, it's many of today's younger celebrities, like Paris Hilton, that Lewis is troubled over.
"What they're saying is, 'I'm f**ked up, can you please help me?'"
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First Posted: 09- 2-10 06:15 PM | Updated: 09- 2-10 06:15 PM
Jerry Lewis, 84, had some choice words for Lindsay Lohan during an interview with Inside Edition (via Popeater).
Asked what he would do if he saw the fresh-out-of-jail and rehab Lohan, Lewis told the interviewer, 'I'd smack her in the mouth if I saw her,' continuing, 'I would smack her in the mouth and be arrested for abusing a woman.'
When asked what he would then say to her, Lewis responded, "I would say, 'You deserve this and nothing else' ... WHACK! And then, if she's not satisfied, I'd put her over my knee and SPANK her."
And it's not just Lohan's behavior that Lewis is concerned about, it's many of today's younger celebrities, like Paris Hilton, that Lewis is troubled over.
"What they're saying is, 'I'm f**ked up, can you please help me?'"
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Kim Kardashian teased photos from a racy shoot a couple of weeks ago, and now the cover is out.
Kim Kardashian On 'Prestige': Cleavage & Nude Men
First Posted: 09- 2-10 03:46 PM | Updated: 09- 2-10 06:23 PM
Kim Kardashian teased photos from a racy shoot a couple of weeks ago, and now the cover is out.
"This may be my most risque cover yet!!" she tweeted Thursday with a link to her blog where she writes:
Remember those pics I posted of me wearing that fab spiked dress by The Blondes!? Well I can now reveal it was for an exclusive shoot with Prestige magazine in Hong Kong!!! This might be one of my most risque covers to date!
I have two covers and I'll be sharing the second cover and the whole spread tomorrow, so make sure you check back.
First Posted: 09- 2-10 03:46 PM | Updated: 09- 2-10 06:23 PM
Kim Kardashian teased photos from a racy shoot a couple of weeks ago, and now the cover is out.
"This may be my most risque cover yet!!" she tweeted Thursday with a link to her blog where she writes:
Remember those pics I posted of me wearing that fab spiked dress by The Blondes!? Well I can now reveal it was for an exclusive shoot with Prestige magazine in Hong Kong!!! This might be one of my most risque covers to date!
I have two covers and I'll be sharing the second cover and the whole spread tomorrow, so make sure you check back.
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Cast and Crew
Cast: Haley Bennett,
Chris Massoglia, Nathan Gamble,
Teri Polo, Bruce Dern
Director: Joe Dante
RunTime: 1 hr 30 mins
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Released By: Shaw
Rating: PG (Frightening Scenes)
Opening Day: 2 September 2010
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The Hole in 3D Movie The Story:
From director Joe Dante (‘Gremlins’) comes a family-friendly 3D adventure that explores the fears and secrets buried in the mind of kids. After moving into a new neighborhood, brothers Dane & Lucas and their neighbor Julie discover a bottomless hole in the basement of their home. They find that once the hole is exposed, evil is unleashed. With strange shadows lurking around every corner and nightmares coming to life, they are forced to come face to face with their darkest fears to put an end to the mystery of The Hole.
Joe Dante, who is best known for his classic in the 80s, Gremlins, and family friendly films which are packed with action and humour like his last feature-length film, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, is back with this horror-thriller, The Hole. It is shot in eye-popping 3D and has even won a prize at the 2009 Venice Film Festival. But is it really as promising as it seems?
Basically, the film explores fears at different levels with the audience. Firstly, there was Lucas’ (Nathan Gamble) rather comical fear of clown/jester. You would probably pity the little boy and gasp a time or two when the clown/jester gave chase. However beyond that, there’s nothing much to look forward to. The other two fears that were brought to prominence was Julie (Haley Bennett) and Dane’s (Chris Massoglia) deep buried fears. The way that the fears were unveiled was rather well paced and spiced up with the horror features. They could probably be improved if there were stronger dialogues that allow the characters to discuss their fears. However the guess is that it wasn’t in priority because after all, the movie is aimed at the largely apathetic teenage audiences.
The main characters are rather young, with the average age not exceeding 18 years old. You probably remember Haley Bennett, who plays Julie, for her outlandish film debut in Music and Lyrics. She’s a pretty face, and a potential eye candy for the boys. Chris Massoglia, who plays Dane, possesses above average intelligence but it is definitely not reflected in his acting in this movie. Last but not least, Nathan Gamble who plays Lucas, is a promising young talent who was nominated twice for Young Artist Award with The Mist and Babel in 2006 and 2007 respectively. The elaborated introduction of them goes to show that they are talents capable of good delivery. But it seems that this movie lacked good acting from these talents. Or maybe, it was not expected of them and there was little room for them to bring out their real fearful faces onscreen.
As abovementioned, this movie is filmed in 3D and had even won a prize. There must be some justification as to how this execution of this movie via the 3D platform has served us well. To add on to the horror factors, point-of-view shots were used such that it leads the viewer to anticipate what they are going to see. That is used very appropriately, coupled with the added dimension, to increase the scary factor. This stimulation is probably pertinent such that it may appeal to the hyper aroused generation seeking for cheap thrills like this.
Other factors that are really crucial in creating a successful horror/thriller are the atmosphere created by both the supernatural happenings and the sound effects. The ‘ghosts’ are quite creepy at first, but later lost it because the distinction between them and the 3 main characters erodes. Also, the sound effect was more or less the same. So once you hear it in the background, you can almost immediately know what is going to come. In other words: predictable.
Like any other movies aimed at the teens, you can almost always expect an ending that leaves the viewer with positive energy. In this aspect, this movie has definitely made the mark. All else is just pretty average.
The Hole in 3D Movie Review:
Just a few days ago we brought you the official Italian trailer for Joe Dante’s next foray into the world of horror, The Hole, which was filmed in 3D and is not some crappy pop-up book looking conversion, and whattaya know? We now have the official Italian one-sheet to go along with it. At the very least it’s better than the English promo one-sheet floating around the States that features pensive teens who look as if they’re ready to escape to Witch Mountain. And then people wonder why we don’t have Stateside distro yet.
The Hole, directed by Dante in 3D and starring Teri Polo, Haley Bennett, Bruce Dern, Chris Massoglia, and Nathan Gamble, tells the tale of a pair of brothers, Dane and Lucas, and their neighbor, Julie, who discover a bottomless hole in their basement that brings their nightmares to life. With shadows lurking around every corner, they must face their darkest fears in order to put an end to the mystery of the hole.
Check on the goods below, including the recent English-speaking promotional trailer along with the Italian one-sheet courtesy of BadTaste.it.
Not to be confused with the British-accented Thora Birch vehicle of 2001, Joe Dante’s The Hole 3D is another tale involving an opening in the ground that causes major psyche-warping trauma on all who encounter it. At least, that’s our best guess based on the first official trailer for the film.
No one’s quite sure when this bad mama jama will be released from Dante’s ninth level of hell (haha, literary reference!), not even Joe D. himself. So, in the meantime, feast your eyes, all ye PG-13 horror lovers.
And try not to piss your pants at the evil talking clown doll.From visionary director Joe Dante comes a suspense thriller that explores the fears and secrets buried deep in the human mind. Life couldnt possibly get worse, or so thought 17 year old Dane and his 10 year old brother Lucas, when their single mother Susan uproots them from New York City to the sleepy little town of Bensonville. For Dane the only exciting thing about their new town is the beautiful girl next door, Julie. With Susan spending more and more time at work, Dane and Lucas are left unattended to explore the depths of their eerie new residence. With Dane paying more attention to Julie, he has far less time and patience for his little brother. But then everything changes when they find a sinister bottomless hole under a locked trap door in the basement. As the brothers experiment with the hole they realize that the cold pit goes on forever. They drop a nail and never hear it hit bottom. They lower a flashlight and a video camera and they get consumed by the darkness. Hoping for some answers about the houses past, Dane and Lucas bring Julie in on their new discovery. When the hole is exposed, evil is unleashed. With strange shadows lurking around every corner and past nightmares coming to life, the trio will have to come face to face their darkest fears to put an end to The Hole.
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Cast and Crew
Cast: Haley Bennett,
Chris Massoglia, Nathan Gamble,
Teri Polo, Bruce Dern
Director: Joe Dante
RunTime: 1 hr 30 mins
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Released By: Shaw
Rating: PG (Frightening Scenes)
Opening Day: 2 September 2010
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The Hole in 3D Movie The Story:
From director Joe Dante (‘Gremlins’) comes a family-friendly 3D adventure that explores the fears and secrets buried in the mind of kids. After moving into a new neighborhood, brothers Dane & Lucas and their neighbor Julie discover a bottomless hole in the basement of their home. They find that once the hole is exposed, evil is unleashed. With strange shadows lurking around every corner and nightmares coming to life, they are forced to come face to face with their darkest fears to put an end to the mystery of The Hole.
Joe Dante, who is best known for his classic in the 80s, Gremlins, and family friendly films which are packed with action and humour like his last feature-length film, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, is back with this horror-thriller, The Hole. It is shot in eye-popping 3D and has even won a prize at the 2009 Venice Film Festival. But is it really as promising as it seems?
Basically, the film explores fears at different levels with the audience. Firstly, there was Lucas’ (Nathan Gamble) rather comical fear of clown/jester. You would probably pity the little boy and gasp a time or two when the clown/jester gave chase. However beyond that, there’s nothing much to look forward to. The other two fears that were brought to prominence was Julie (Haley Bennett) and Dane’s (Chris Massoglia) deep buried fears. The way that the fears were unveiled was rather well paced and spiced up with the horror features. They could probably be improved if there were stronger dialogues that allow the characters to discuss their fears. However the guess is that it wasn’t in priority because after all, the movie is aimed at the largely apathetic teenage audiences.
The main characters are rather young, with the average age not exceeding 18 years old. You probably remember Haley Bennett, who plays Julie, for her outlandish film debut in Music and Lyrics. She’s a pretty face, and a potential eye candy for the boys. Chris Massoglia, who plays Dane, possesses above average intelligence but it is definitely not reflected in his acting in this movie. Last but not least, Nathan Gamble who plays Lucas, is a promising young talent who was nominated twice for Young Artist Award with The Mist and Babel in 2006 and 2007 respectively. The elaborated introduction of them goes to show that they are talents capable of good delivery. But it seems that this movie lacked good acting from these talents. Or maybe, it was not expected of them and there was little room for them to bring out their real fearful faces onscreen.
As abovementioned, this movie is filmed in 3D and had even won a prize. There must be some justification as to how this execution of this movie via the 3D platform has served us well. To add on to the horror factors, point-of-view shots were used such that it leads the viewer to anticipate what they are going to see. That is used very appropriately, coupled with the added dimension, to increase the scary factor. This stimulation is probably pertinent such that it may appeal to the hyper aroused generation seeking for cheap thrills like this.
Other factors that are really crucial in creating a successful horror/thriller are the atmosphere created by both the supernatural happenings and the sound effects. The ‘ghosts’ are quite creepy at first, but later lost it because the distinction between them and the 3 main characters erodes. Also, the sound effect was more or less the same. So once you hear it in the background, you can almost immediately know what is going to come. In other words: predictable.
Like any other movies aimed at the teens, you can almost always expect an ending that leaves the viewer with positive energy. In this aspect, this movie has definitely made the mark. All else is just pretty average.
The Hole in 3D Movie Review:
Just a few days ago we brought you the official Italian trailer for Joe Dante’s next foray into the world of horror, The Hole, which was filmed in 3D and is not some crappy pop-up book looking conversion, and whattaya know? We now have the official Italian one-sheet to go along with it. At the very least it’s better than the English promo one-sheet floating around the States that features pensive teens who look as if they’re ready to escape to Witch Mountain. And then people wonder why we don’t have Stateside distro yet.
The Hole, directed by Dante in 3D and starring Teri Polo, Haley Bennett, Bruce Dern, Chris Massoglia, and Nathan Gamble, tells the tale of a pair of brothers, Dane and Lucas, and their neighbor, Julie, who discover a bottomless hole in their basement that brings their nightmares to life. With shadows lurking around every corner, they must face their darkest fears in order to put an end to the mystery of the hole.
Check on the goods below, including the recent English-speaking promotional trailer along with the Italian one-sheet courtesy of BadTaste.it.
Not to be confused with the British-accented Thora Birch vehicle of 2001, Joe Dante’s The Hole 3D is another tale involving an opening in the ground that causes major psyche-warping trauma on all who encounter it. At least, that’s our best guess based on the first official trailer for the film.
No one’s quite sure when this bad mama jama will be released from Dante’s ninth level of hell (haha, literary reference!), not even Joe D. himself. So, in the meantime, feast your eyes, all ye PG-13 horror lovers.
And try not to piss your pants at the evil talking clown doll.From visionary director Joe Dante comes a suspense thriller that explores the fears and secrets buried deep in the human mind. Life couldnt possibly get worse, or so thought 17 year old Dane and his 10 year old brother Lucas, when their single mother Susan uproots them from New York City to the sleepy little town of Bensonville. For Dane the only exciting thing about their new town is the beautiful girl next door, Julie. With Susan spending more and more time at work, Dane and Lucas are left unattended to explore the depths of their eerie new residence. With Dane paying more attention to Julie, he has far less time and patience for his little brother. But then everything changes when they find a sinister bottomless hole under a locked trap door in the basement. As the brothers experiment with the hole they realize that the cold pit goes on forever. They drop a nail and never hear it hit bottom. They lower a flashlight and a video camera and they get consumed by the darkness. Hoping for some answers about the houses past, Dane and Lucas bring Julie in on their new discovery. When the hole is exposed, evil is unleashed. With strange shadows lurking around every corner and past nightmares coming to life, the trio will have to come face to face their darkest fears to put an end to The Hole.
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Cast and Crew
Starring: Ponijao, Bayar, Mari, HattieDirector: Thomas Balmes
Producers: Amandine Billot,
Alain Chabat and Christine Rouxel
Distributor: Focus Features
Genre: Documentary;
Languages: English, Japanese and
Mongolian-languages, subtitled
Rating: Rated PG for cultural and
maternal nudity throughout.
Running time: 80 min.
Release date: May 7 ltd.
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Four countries and four babies, from birth to their very first steps.Their names are Ponijao, Bayarjargal, Mari and Hattie, and they live in Namibia, Mongolia, Japan and the United States.
BABIES invites us simultaneously into four very different cultures, capturing the
funniest, most carefree and moving moments, those unique and universal incidents of the first few months in our lives.An hour and a half of adventure, action, humor and tumbles…
By Steven D. Greydanus:
Everyone should see Babies. Even people who have cats instead of children should see Babies. There are a number of cats in this movie, and some feline moments that must be seen to be believed, especially for cat lovers.
Directed by documentary filmmaker Thomas Balmès, who lives in Paris with his wife and three children, Babies is pro-life in the best possible sense: It is a celebration of new life, of love, of family, of the wonder of the world.
It is not a Hallmark card. Balmès daringly opens with a startling, almost nerve-wracking extended shot of a quarrel between two African babies that involves crying, biting and slapping. It is a dispute over playthings. There is almost nothing to play with in the Namib desert, but there you go. The younger one gets violent first, but the moment she starts crying herself the older one is satisfied. Indifferent to her tears, he returns to his occupation, which involves grinding two rocks together. He doesn’t want the disputed item at the moment, he just doesn’t want her to have it.
Babies takes us to four corners of the world — from darkest San Francisco to the desert steppes of Mongolia, where nomadic shepherds dwell in yurts; from Tokyo, Japan to the desert of Namibia where stone-age life goes on — into four households welcoming four babies with love and joy.
This reflects a creative choice by the director: All babies are like these babies, but not all families are like these families. Not every child is loved, but every child needs and deserves love. “Happy families are all alike,” wrote Tolstoy in Anna Karenina; “each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” How alike are the four households in this movie? About as different as happy families can be.
Hattie in San Francisco is an only child, as is Mari in Tokyo, though her grandparents seem to figure notably in her life. Bayar in Mongolia has an older brother, and Ponijao in Namibia is surrounded by siblings, including a grown woman with a baby (the big-brother figure from that opening shot is actually Ponijao’s nephew).
Hattie leans on her father’s bare chest, eyes and mouth wide with delight at the stream of water from the showerhead. Bayar bathes in a metal tub in the doorway of the yurt, and is unfazed when a goat cranes its neck through the doorway to gulp water from the tub. Ponijao might never bathe in water: Her mother washes her baby and herself with a red ochre compound mixed from clay and broken rocks; she also licks dust and sand from the baby’s eyes and spits it out.
Balmès records such quotidian moments of human and ethnographic interest with subtle artistry. His camera sits low, offering a baby’s-eye view of the world. Adult bodies loom large, and heads are often offscreen, creating compositions of anonymous universality. There is a wonderful shot of Ponijao’s mother at work framed by the body and legs of a large dog; off in the corner of the shot, the dog and the baby curiously lick one another’s tongues.
The low-angle perspectives take full advantage of the wide-open landscapes and distant horizons of the desert locations, filling the screen with miles of sky. I love a shot of Bayar standing in a stroller under a magnificent evening sky — and the unexpected punchline that brings us with a jolt back to earth.
Some of my favorite documentaries, as regular readers may know, immerse us in the world of their choosing without voiceover narration or any other imposition. Babies is like that. Other than establishing the names of the babies and their locations, there are no subtitles or other narrative intrusion. We understand no more of what Mari’s parents say than Mari herself would — and we don’t need to. Sometimes watching Hattie’s story I wished I didn’t understand English. That would be the best way to watch Babies: not knowing any of the languages.
Babies are funny, and there is a lot of humor in Babies. Sometimes you smile and wince at the same time. Possibly the most memorable sequence intercuts between Mari and Bayar, as Mari struggles to make some blocks do something she knows they’re supposed to do; when she can’t, her frustration and anguish know no bounds. Then there’s Bayar almost chortling with all the glee of a baby getting into something he suspects he’s not meant to have. In a parental trick viewers may remember from The Story of the Weeping Camel, he has been left tethered to the yurt’s support column, but on this occasion the cord wasn’t quite short enough.
Bayar’s relationship with his older brother Degi, who’s about three, is a cause of more wincing, as when Degi flails at his brother with a cloth and even experiments with exiling him from the household when the parents aren’t watching. On at least one occasion it’s a parent who gets smacked — and the mother’s gently didactic response might occasion as much wincing as anything else. Then there’s Hattie’s entirely understandable escape attempt from her music program during a dippy New-Age ditty about Mother Earth taking care of us.
Western parents with their hygiene and safety consciousness may find the rough-and-tumble of third-world parenting either unsettling or comforting. In California, Hattie’s mother parses the ambiguous relationship between sleeping position and SIDS; in Africa, Ponijao finds a rock in the dust and tries to eat it. Then there’s Bayar’s run-in with a cow. Many parents find that they relax a little after the first couple of kids; watching Babies could help, too.
Other cultural differences are worth pondering from different points of view. The urban babies are quickly weaned to bottles; the African babies are nursed well into toddlerhood. The simplicity of the Mongol and Himba peoples may raise questions, too, about all the paraphernalia that expectant parents are taught to consider necessary. Is it really necessary to register for travel systems, wipe warmers and a Diaper Genie?
Babies is rated PG for “cultural and maternal nudity throughout.” In other words, it is about families made up of people who have bodies. If your children have bodies, and are aware that other people do too, I see no real reason they can’t see this movie.
When 101 Dalmatians came out, everybody wanted a Dalmatian. After Finding Nemo, families headed to the pet shop in search of clown fish. Here is a movie that will leave viewers with babies on the brain. Babies opens on Mother’s Day weekend. I predict new arrivals starting around February 2011.
Babies Movie Review:
The rulebook for bearing babies-especially in the States-is longer than the Bible, and it grows every year. In fact, after the Bible, Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care claims to be the second highest selling book of all time. (In truth, it’s edged out by Chairman Mao and Dan Brown, but still trumps J.K. Rowling.) Even so, this documentary on one of the most universal, photographed, analyzed, opined upon and slavered over human experiences manages to astound. French filmmaker Thomas Balmes has hit a box office homerun with Focus Features’ gambit, releasing Babies on Mother’s Day. We’ve all had, been or been married to a mom, and buying a pair of tickets is a better gift than a box of chocolates.
Here’s the scope of the project: Balmes scouted expectant families in San Francisco, Mongolia, Tokyo and Namibia. Once his new stars-three girls and a boy-popped out, he spent the next two years as the families’ silent, camera-toting uncle. The footage he captured is astounding: Mari in Japan weeps with confusion when she can’t understand geometry blocks, but resolutely tries to shove a circle into a square; Bayar in Mongolia braves a stampede of cows; Ponijao (now the second-most famous baby born in Namibia) first discovers that boys and girls have different parts.
Our perspective is adamantly 18-inches tall. Parents flit by like babbling bodies-even Hattie’s English-speaking parents seem to buzz with white noise-and have themselves chopped into pieces by Balmes’ baby-centered camera. Nameless, they appear in chunks: a breast, a knee, an arm.
In the best way, Babies is like being born again into confusion. Why is calligraphy written on Mari’s feet? Why is Hattie’s first view a hospital bed with tubes? Who are the eight other children buzzing around Ponijao? We don’t know, and we won’t know, and that’s Balmes’ big idea. He wordlessly reminds us of wonder. Those of us old enough to have to pay full price admission need a refresher course.
But as we watch these four very similar children navigate four wildly different homesteads, our mind tries to anchor itself by clutching to our own rulebook. Mothers-in-law have always claimed to know best, but lately it seems our culture has become one of simpering busybodies. Part of the pleasure of watching Babies is realizing that your kids aren’t doomed if they don’t eat 100 percent organic-they aren’t even doomed if, like Ponijao, they down a fistful of dirt. But we aren’t hard on Ponijao’s mother. In fact, we’re hardest on the San Franciscans and their insistence on doing everything right. In one scene, they tote Hattie (even the name is precious) to a tribal drum circle to worship mother earth. (When Hattie bolted desperately for the door, there were sniggers of schadenfreude in the theater-myself included.)
The trap is that we’re as eager to judge as the kids are to explore. Balmes gives us scope and cultural perspective, and we have to fight not to digest it as practical vs. doting, chores vs. yoga, siblings vs. educational toys and, most sweepingly, indoor security vs. outdoor scenery. But this beautiful film with its postcard scenery deserves to be seen with young eyes. Everyone tells you how to raise a kid-this doc shows you how to feel like one. Leave adult neuroses in the lobby.
The film follows 4 babies from different parts of the world during their first year of life: Ponijao from Namibia, Mari from Tokyo, Bayar from Mongolia and Hattie from the USA. Quite often, this means setting up the camera, focusing on the tyke, and recording him or her doing something cute. This is pure cinema verité: there are no interviews with parents or relatives, nothing to give the audience any extra insight into these babies’ lives and futures.
While one may not agree with W.C. Fields’ statement, “I like children . . . fried,” there are times while watching this documentary when one sees the old reprobate’s point. Balmes’ biggest mistake is thinking these tykes’ antics will sell the movie on its own. While the babies do have their charms, it’s not enough to sell 80 minutes worth of film.
Babies isn’t without merits. There are some interesting juxtapositions, especially the differences between the 4 kids’ societies: Hattie gets to shower with her dad while Ponijao . . . let’s just say saliva is involved and leave it at that. There are also some unintentionally hilarious scenes where a Japanese music appreciation instructor gets a little over-the-top with little Mari, or Hattie does yoga with her mom.
Speaking of unintended comedy, you could just imagine Bayar and Ponijao’s parents snickering with laughter when they see Hattie’s mom’s meditation class, where a New Age type natters on about how “Mother Earth protects and nurtures us all . . .”
While all 4 kids may reside on Planet Earth, they are clearly living in different worlds.
Babies a Real Snooze
Saying you dislike a film featuring babies is like admitting you like to kick puppies. Nevertheless, Thomas Balmes and Focus Features presumes that filmgoers will be too busy going, “D’awww” at the adorable munchkins on the screen to notice the lack of any substance.
Babies will only appeal to those whose idea of a good time is poring over Anne Geddes’ photographs. Anyone else will eventually find themselves channeling W.C. Fields or Ebenezer Scrooge. It gets a 2/5.
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Starring: Ponijao, Bayar, Mari, HattieDirector: Thomas Balmes
Producers: Amandine Billot,
Alain Chabat and Christine Rouxel
Distributor: Focus Features
Genre: Documentary;
Languages: English, Japanese and
Mongolian-languages, subtitled
Rating: Rated PG for cultural and
maternal nudity throughout.
Running time: 80 min.
Release date: May 7 ltd.
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Four countries and four babies, from birth to their very first steps.Their names are Ponijao, Bayarjargal, Mari and Hattie, and they live in Namibia, Mongolia, Japan and the United States.
BABIES invites us simultaneously into four very different cultures, capturing the
funniest, most carefree and moving moments, those unique and universal incidents of the first few months in our lives.An hour and a half of adventure, action, humor and tumbles…
By Steven D. Greydanus:
Everyone should see Babies. Even people who have cats instead of children should see Babies. There are a number of cats in this movie, and some feline moments that must be seen to be believed, especially for cat lovers.
Directed by documentary filmmaker Thomas Balmès, who lives in Paris with his wife and three children, Babies is pro-life in the best possible sense: It is a celebration of new life, of love, of family, of the wonder of the world.
It is not a Hallmark card. Balmès daringly opens with a startling, almost nerve-wracking extended shot of a quarrel between two African babies that involves crying, biting and slapping. It is a dispute over playthings. There is almost nothing to play with in the Namib desert, but there you go. The younger one gets violent first, but the moment she starts crying herself the older one is satisfied. Indifferent to her tears, he returns to his occupation, which involves grinding two rocks together. He doesn’t want the disputed item at the moment, he just doesn’t want her to have it.
Babies takes us to four corners of the world — from darkest San Francisco to the desert steppes of Mongolia, where nomadic shepherds dwell in yurts; from Tokyo, Japan to the desert of Namibia where stone-age life goes on — into four households welcoming four babies with love and joy.
This reflects a creative choice by the director: All babies are like these babies, but not all families are like these families. Not every child is loved, but every child needs and deserves love. “Happy families are all alike,” wrote Tolstoy in Anna Karenina; “each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” How alike are the four households in this movie? About as different as happy families can be.
Hattie in San Francisco is an only child, as is Mari in Tokyo, though her grandparents seem to figure notably in her life. Bayar in Mongolia has an older brother, and Ponijao in Namibia is surrounded by siblings, including a grown woman with a baby (the big-brother figure from that opening shot is actually Ponijao’s nephew).
Hattie leans on her father’s bare chest, eyes and mouth wide with delight at the stream of water from the showerhead. Bayar bathes in a metal tub in the doorway of the yurt, and is unfazed when a goat cranes its neck through the doorway to gulp water from the tub. Ponijao might never bathe in water: Her mother washes her baby and herself with a red ochre compound mixed from clay and broken rocks; she also licks dust and sand from the baby’s eyes and spits it out.
Balmès records such quotidian moments of human and ethnographic interest with subtle artistry. His camera sits low, offering a baby’s-eye view of the world. Adult bodies loom large, and heads are often offscreen, creating compositions of anonymous universality. There is a wonderful shot of Ponijao’s mother at work framed by the body and legs of a large dog; off in the corner of the shot, the dog and the baby curiously lick one another’s tongues.
The low-angle perspectives take full advantage of the wide-open landscapes and distant horizons of the desert locations, filling the screen with miles of sky. I love a shot of Bayar standing in a stroller under a magnificent evening sky — and the unexpected punchline that brings us with a jolt back to earth.
Some of my favorite documentaries, as regular readers may know, immerse us in the world of their choosing without voiceover narration or any other imposition. Babies is like that. Other than establishing the names of the babies and their locations, there are no subtitles or other narrative intrusion. We understand no more of what Mari’s parents say than Mari herself would — and we don’t need to. Sometimes watching Hattie’s story I wished I didn’t understand English. That would be the best way to watch Babies: not knowing any of the languages.
Babies are funny, and there is a lot of humor in Babies. Sometimes you smile and wince at the same time. Possibly the most memorable sequence intercuts between Mari and Bayar, as Mari struggles to make some blocks do something she knows they’re supposed to do; when she can’t, her frustration and anguish know no bounds. Then there’s Bayar almost chortling with all the glee of a baby getting into something he suspects he’s not meant to have. In a parental trick viewers may remember from The Story of the Weeping Camel, he has been left tethered to the yurt’s support column, but on this occasion the cord wasn’t quite short enough.
Bayar’s relationship with his older brother Degi, who’s about three, is a cause of more wincing, as when Degi flails at his brother with a cloth and even experiments with exiling him from the household when the parents aren’t watching. On at least one occasion it’s a parent who gets smacked — and the mother’s gently didactic response might occasion as much wincing as anything else. Then there’s Hattie’s entirely understandable escape attempt from her music program during a dippy New-Age ditty about Mother Earth taking care of us.
Western parents with their hygiene and safety consciousness may find the rough-and-tumble of third-world parenting either unsettling or comforting. In California, Hattie’s mother parses the ambiguous relationship between sleeping position and SIDS; in Africa, Ponijao finds a rock in the dust and tries to eat it. Then there’s Bayar’s run-in with a cow. Many parents find that they relax a little after the first couple of kids; watching Babies could help, too.
Other cultural differences are worth pondering from different points of view. The urban babies are quickly weaned to bottles; the African babies are nursed well into toddlerhood. The simplicity of the Mongol and Himba peoples may raise questions, too, about all the paraphernalia that expectant parents are taught to consider necessary. Is it really necessary to register for travel systems, wipe warmers and a Diaper Genie?
Babies is rated PG for “cultural and maternal nudity throughout.” In other words, it is about families made up of people who have bodies. If your children have bodies, and are aware that other people do too, I see no real reason they can’t see this movie.
When 101 Dalmatians came out, everybody wanted a Dalmatian. After Finding Nemo, families headed to the pet shop in search of clown fish. Here is a movie that will leave viewers with babies on the brain. Babies opens on Mother’s Day weekend. I predict new arrivals starting around February 2011.
Babies Movie Review:
The rulebook for bearing babies-especially in the States-is longer than the Bible, and it grows every year. In fact, after the Bible, Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care claims to be the second highest selling book of all time. (In truth, it’s edged out by Chairman Mao and Dan Brown, but still trumps J.K. Rowling.) Even so, this documentary on one of the most universal, photographed, analyzed, opined upon and slavered over human experiences manages to astound. French filmmaker Thomas Balmes has hit a box office homerun with Focus Features’ gambit, releasing Babies on Mother’s Day. We’ve all had, been or been married to a mom, and buying a pair of tickets is a better gift than a box of chocolates.
Here’s the scope of the project: Balmes scouted expectant families in San Francisco, Mongolia, Tokyo and Namibia. Once his new stars-three girls and a boy-popped out, he spent the next two years as the families’ silent, camera-toting uncle. The footage he captured is astounding: Mari in Japan weeps with confusion when she can’t understand geometry blocks, but resolutely tries to shove a circle into a square; Bayar in Mongolia braves a stampede of cows; Ponijao (now the second-most famous baby born in Namibia) first discovers that boys and girls have different parts.
Our perspective is adamantly 18-inches tall. Parents flit by like babbling bodies-even Hattie’s English-speaking parents seem to buzz with white noise-and have themselves chopped into pieces by Balmes’ baby-centered camera. Nameless, they appear in chunks: a breast, a knee, an arm.
In the best way, Babies is like being born again into confusion. Why is calligraphy written on Mari’s feet? Why is Hattie’s first view a hospital bed with tubes? Who are the eight other children buzzing around Ponijao? We don’t know, and we won’t know, and that’s Balmes’ big idea. He wordlessly reminds us of wonder. Those of us old enough to have to pay full price admission need a refresher course.
But as we watch these four very similar children navigate four wildly different homesteads, our mind tries to anchor itself by clutching to our own rulebook. Mothers-in-law have always claimed to know best, but lately it seems our culture has become one of simpering busybodies. Part of the pleasure of watching Babies is realizing that your kids aren’t doomed if they don’t eat 100 percent organic-they aren’t even doomed if, like Ponijao, they down a fistful of dirt. But we aren’t hard on Ponijao’s mother. In fact, we’re hardest on the San Franciscans and their insistence on doing everything right. In one scene, they tote Hattie (even the name is precious) to a tribal drum circle to worship mother earth. (When Hattie bolted desperately for the door, there were sniggers of schadenfreude in the theater-myself included.)
The trap is that we’re as eager to judge as the kids are to explore. Balmes gives us scope and cultural perspective, and we have to fight not to digest it as practical vs. doting, chores vs. yoga, siblings vs. educational toys and, most sweepingly, indoor security vs. outdoor scenery. But this beautiful film with its postcard scenery deserves to be seen with young eyes. Everyone tells you how to raise a kid-this doc shows you how to feel like one. Leave adult neuroses in the lobby.
The film follows 4 babies from different parts of the world during their first year of life: Ponijao from Namibia, Mari from Tokyo, Bayar from Mongolia and Hattie from the USA. Quite often, this means setting up the camera, focusing on the tyke, and recording him or her doing something cute. This is pure cinema verité: there are no interviews with parents or relatives, nothing to give the audience any extra insight into these babies’ lives and futures.
While one may not agree with W.C. Fields’ statement, “I like children . . . fried,” there are times while watching this documentary when one sees the old reprobate’s point. Balmes’ biggest mistake is thinking these tykes’ antics will sell the movie on its own. While the babies do have their charms, it’s not enough to sell 80 minutes worth of film.
Babies isn’t without merits. There are some interesting juxtapositions, especially the differences between the 4 kids’ societies: Hattie gets to shower with her dad while Ponijao . . . let’s just say saliva is involved and leave it at that. There are also some unintentionally hilarious scenes where a Japanese music appreciation instructor gets a little over-the-top with little Mari, or Hattie does yoga with her mom.
Speaking of unintended comedy, you could just imagine Bayar and Ponijao’s parents snickering with laughter when they see Hattie’s mom’s meditation class, where a New Age type natters on about how “Mother Earth protects and nurtures us all . . .”
While all 4 kids may reside on Planet Earth, they are clearly living in different worlds.
Babies a Real Snooze
Saying you dislike a film featuring babies is like admitting you like to kick puppies. Nevertheless, Thomas Balmes and Focus Features presumes that filmgoers will be too busy going, “D’awww” at the adorable munchkins on the screen to notice the lack of any substance.
Babies will only appeal to those whose idea of a good time is poring over Anne Geddes’ photographs. Anyone else will eventually find themselves channeling W.C. Fields or Ebenezer Scrooge. It gets a 2/5.
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Starring:Sam Rockwell,Emma Roberts.
Margo Martindale,Rob Corddry,
Jessica Hecht
Director:James C. Strouse
Producers: Gia
Writer:James C. Strouse
Production: Gig Films & Plum Pictures
Studio:Lionsgate
Genre:Comedy, Drama, Sport
Rating:pg-13 for some thematic elements,
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Release Date: September 03, 2010 (Limited)
Duration: 95 min.
Studio:Lionsgate Films
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Set in suburban Indiana, the film stars Rockwell as Bill Greaves, an adult misfit recruited by the local high school principal (Corddry) to coach the school's floundering girls' basketball team. Initially retreating from what appears to be a hopeless situation, Bill perseveres and manages to help the team and its captain (Roberts) ratchet up its competitive spirit, while the girls offer Bill a renewed life focus. "The Winning Season" also stars Shareeka Epps, Emily Rios and Margo Martindale.
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The title of “The Winning Season” is, of course, the first spoiler in this movie about a down-and-out, alcoholic ex-basketball player who gets hired to coach a girls’ high school team. In reality, you could have called the movie “Clippers Basketball,” and a viewer still would expect the girls to post a winning record. Because from the first frame, writer-director James C. Strouse (who did the button-pushing wet-hankie movie “Grace Is Gone”) signals that he is not going to deviate from the “Bad News Bears” formula.
The movie, which has been kicking around since the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, will have a brief theatrical window before going to DVD, where potential sales will be more likely.
Strouse’s script is less a screenplay than a checklist: A misogynistic misfit takes over a girls’ team and discovers that he, gasp, likes these girls — check. A drunk eventually loses his thirst for drink and regains his lost daughter — check. A Chicana outcast gains the respect of her teammates and rediscovers her self-worth — check.
A girl must confront her sexual feelings for other girls — check. A girl must learn that a selfish, shallow “sports hero” doesn’t make for a good boyfriend — check. Another girl learns the same lesson about a potential pedophile — check. A team turns around its season when the members learn the value of team play — check.
There’s not a lot of space on the list for the unexpected. As both writer and director, Strouse embraces the obvious and shuns the unconventional. Despite this, several performances stand out, indicating that there was a decent sports movie here that Strouse dribbled right past.
Sam Rockwell has several fine moments as the coach. His character stands in for many people who, after high school glory in sports, find themselves lost in an adult world no longer interested in long-ago exploits. Rockwell demonstrates he has what it takes to play those bitter disappointments with some real emotions had the movie been willing to dig beneath the all-too-easy exterior of alcoholism and misogyny,
Margo Martindale brings excellent comic timing and savvy character acting to what could have been an incidental role of the team’s bus driver whom the coach hires as an assistant despite her knowing nothing about basketball.
Among the girls, Emma Roberts has solid scenes with Rockwell as her character takes the lead in trying to establish diplomatic relations between the team and its heedless coach. Meaghan Witri finds ways to make the girl discovering her lesbian nature not a cliche.
Shareeka Epps again displays the feisty spirit seen in Rodrigo Garcia’s “Mother and Child.”
Rooney Mara might be the newly anointed Lisbeth Salander in the American remake of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” but she doesn’t have enough to do here to impress other than with her rail-thin beauty.
The production, including the basketball sequences, is pro. However, the film might set an unfortunate sort of indie record for handing out producing credits as 16 — count ‘em, 16 — people are listed as producers or exec producers, not to mention three more co-producers. It’s a wonder the girls could find the court with that mob hanging around.
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Starring:Sam Rockwell,Emma Roberts.
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Director:James C. Strouse
Producers: Gia
Writer:James C. Strouse
Production: Gig Films & Plum Pictures
Studio:Lionsgate
Genre:Comedy, Drama, Sport
Rating:pg-13 for some thematic elements,
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alcohol abuse and smoking
Release Date: September 03, 2010 (Limited)
Duration: 95 min.
Studio:Lionsgate Films
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Movie Review:
The title of “The Winning Season” is, of course, the first spoiler in this movie about a down-and-out, alcoholic ex-basketball player who gets hired to coach a girls’ high school team. In reality, you could have called the movie “Clippers Basketball,” and a viewer still would expect the girls to post a winning record. Because from the first frame, writer-director James C. Strouse (who did the button-pushing wet-hankie movie “Grace Is Gone”) signals that he is not going to deviate from the “Bad News Bears” formula.
The movie, which has been kicking around since the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, will have a brief theatrical window before going to DVD, where potential sales will be more likely.
Strouse’s script is less a screenplay than a checklist: A misogynistic misfit takes over a girls’ team and discovers that he, gasp, likes these girls — check. A drunk eventually loses his thirst for drink and regains his lost daughter — check. A Chicana outcast gains the respect of her teammates and rediscovers her self-worth — check.
A girl must confront her sexual feelings for other girls — check. A girl must learn that a selfish, shallow “sports hero” doesn’t make for a good boyfriend — check. Another girl learns the same lesson about a potential pedophile — check. A team turns around its season when the members learn the value of team play — check.
There’s not a lot of space on the list for the unexpected. As both writer and director, Strouse embraces the obvious and shuns the unconventional. Despite this, several performances stand out, indicating that there was a decent sports movie here that Strouse dribbled right past.
Sam Rockwell has several fine moments as the coach. His character stands in for many people who, after high school glory in sports, find themselves lost in an adult world no longer interested in long-ago exploits. Rockwell demonstrates he has what it takes to play those bitter disappointments with some real emotions had the movie been willing to dig beneath the all-too-easy exterior of alcoholism and misogyny,
Margo Martindale brings excellent comic timing and savvy character acting to what could have been an incidental role of the team’s bus driver whom the coach hires as an assistant despite her knowing nothing about basketball.
Among the girls, Emma Roberts has solid scenes with Rockwell as her character takes the lead in trying to establish diplomatic relations between the team and its heedless coach. Meaghan Witri finds ways to make the girl discovering her lesbian nature not a cliche.
Shareeka Epps again displays the feisty spirit seen in Rodrigo Garcia’s “Mother and Child.”
Rooney Mara might be the newly anointed Lisbeth Salander in the American remake of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” but she doesn’t have enough to do here to impress other than with her rail-thin beauty.
The production, including the basketball sequences, is pro. However, the film might set an unfortunate sort of indie record for handing out producing credits as 16 — count ‘em, 16 — people are listed as producers or exec producers, not to mention three more co-producers. It’s a wonder the girls could find the court with that mob hanging around.
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Cast: Bonnie Xian, Michelle Wai,
Venus Wong, Una Lin, Derek Tsang,
Deep Ng, Karson Lok, Eire Tse,
Ivy Choi, Liz Li, Justin Cheung
Director: Kenneth Bi
RunTime: 1 hr 45 mins
Released By: Shaw
Rating: R21 (Sexual Contents)
Genre: Drama
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Director Kenneth Bi is well familiar to Twitch readers thanks to The Drummer, one of the first serious starring roles for Jaycee (son of Jackie) Chan. Bi’s latest, Girl$ tackles very different material and is due to premiere at the Hong Kong International Film Festival.
A drama about four teenage girls who engage in prostitution for very different reasons, with very different consequences, the trailer looks like typical Bi. Which is to say very well crafted indeed. Check it below.
GIRL$ Movie Review:
A prostitution drama for the text messaging generation. Not much new or incisive really happens in Girl$, but director Kenneth Bi delivers a stylish, energetic and passably entertaining flick. It helps to ignore things like developed characters, gender politics, and dangling storylines.
Director Kenneth Bi makes one for hire with Girl$, a youth prostitution drama that qualifies as his slickest and most watchable, if not really the best film in his filmography. Basically a 21st century update on the PR Girls formula, Girl$ follows four different young women and their experiences in the world of compensated dating, where girls are paid to date and not necessarily perform sex acts. Of course, sex is an inevitable byproduct of the biz, and the girls are subject to the same dangers: diseases, perverted clients, and even a depraved killer who’s out there killing and dismembering working girls. Nonetheless, the girls forge on because they need the cash.
Well, Ronnie (Bonnie Xian) doesn’t. The rich Ronnie tentatively joins the trade because she’s bored and likes sleeping with handsome young men. She doesn’t feel right about taking the cash though, and will actually pay her clients instead. Taiwan import Lin (Una Lin) does it for the money, but she enjoys it too, rating the guys in her little black book while also possibly falling for one of her regular johns (Eric Tse of EO2). Compensated dating agent Icy (Michelle Wai) is not supposed to go on paid dates anymore, but she’s driven towards increasing her earnings to support her online game-playing boyfriend (Derek Tsang). Finally, there’s Gucci (Venus Wong), a 16 year-old high-schooler who wants to sell her virginity to the highest bidder to pay for – what else – a limited edition handbag.
Despite their differing reasons for becoming prostitutes (and that’s what they are, some of the girls are quick to remind each other), the four become good enough friends to start hanging out regularly. Conflicts arise due to obvious differences, but the girls weather the storm by banding together to commiserate, shop, and screw with some of the nastier johns. Their quick friendship beggars some belief, as the girls hardly seem compatible or alike besides their common trade. Also, plot holes abound. If Ronnie is rich and the girls are friends, why won’t she just buy Gucci her limited edition handbag to stop her from engaging in underage prostitution? No reason is given, but that’s par for Girl$, which is more often glib and cursory than it is incisive. The film offers a sampling of this particular life, but that’s just what it is: a sampling.
The film’s lack of depth is mediated somewhat by a decent use of technique. Kenneth Bi shoots Girl$ with copious style and plenty of flash. The film moves with a strong, energetic rhythm, and Bi’s editing is sharp. The style helps hide some of the film’s other deficits, like some shallow, undeveloped characters. Also, only one actress (Una Lin) is contracted for nudity, but the fast pace and generous editing may prevent some audiences from realizing such. Some details are suspiciously dropped; nothing is ever made of Gucci’s horny brother (Deep Ng), the threatening serial killer is never fully dealt with, and the ripped-from-the-headlines HIV storyline (involving a john posting a list of possibly infected girls online) is resolved in a predictable, pseudo-sensitive manner. Stripped of its style, Girl$ offers little new to this genre besides the same lip service about how sex workers are people too.
Still, provided one doesn’t look too closely at the sexual or gender politics involved, there’s enough in Girl$ to entertain. Kenneth Bi successfully makes this particular subculture, where young men and women trade for sex online and via text messaging, into a believable and immediate one. The modern technological age, where privacy and information are bartered so casually, seems familiar and even a little frightening in Bi’s hands. He can’t channel the same effectiveness into his characters or their emotions, but there are bright spots there too. Michelle Wai is among Hong Kong’s most promising young actresses, and the emotions she creates are striking ones. The other actresses aren’t quite as strong, but they suit their character types well. With Girl$, Bi shows that he’s talented enough to tell stories different than his previous, somewhat self-absorbed works did. He may simply need better scripts and better producers to move up another level. (Kozo, reviewed at the Hong Kong International Film Festival, 2010)
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Cast and Crew
Cast: Bonnie Xian, Michelle Wai,
Venus Wong, Una Lin, Derek Tsang,
Deep Ng, Karson Lok, Eire Tse,
Ivy Choi, Liz Li, Justin Cheung
Director: Kenneth Bi
RunTime: 1 hr 45 mins
Released By: Shaw
Rating: R21 (Sexual Contents)
Genre: Drama
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The Story:
Director Kenneth Bi is well familiar to Twitch readers thanks to The Drummer, one of the first serious starring roles for Jaycee (son of Jackie) Chan. Bi’s latest, Girl$ tackles very different material and is due to premiere at the Hong Kong International Film Festival.
A drama about four teenage girls who engage in prostitution for very different reasons, with very different consequences, the trailer looks like typical Bi. Which is to say very well crafted indeed. Check it below.
GIRL$ Movie Review:
A prostitution drama for the text messaging generation. Not much new or incisive really happens in Girl$, but director Kenneth Bi delivers a stylish, energetic and passably entertaining flick. It helps to ignore things like developed characters, gender politics, and dangling storylines.
Director Kenneth Bi makes one for hire with Girl$, a youth prostitution drama that qualifies as his slickest and most watchable, if not really the best film in his filmography. Basically a 21st century update on the PR Girls formula, Girl$ follows four different young women and their experiences in the world of compensated dating, where girls are paid to date and not necessarily perform sex acts. Of course, sex is an inevitable byproduct of the biz, and the girls are subject to the same dangers: diseases, perverted clients, and even a depraved killer who’s out there killing and dismembering working girls. Nonetheless, the girls forge on because they need the cash.
Well, Ronnie (Bonnie Xian) doesn’t. The rich Ronnie tentatively joins the trade because she’s bored and likes sleeping with handsome young men. She doesn’t feel right about taking the cash though, and will actually pay her clients instead. Taiwan import Lin (Una Lin) does it for the money, but she enjoys it too, rating the guys in her little black book while also possibly falling for one of her regular johns (Eric Tse of EO2). Compensated dating agent Icy (Michelle Wai) is not supposed to go on paid dates anymore, but she’s driven towards increasing her earnings to support her online game-playing boyfriend (Derek Tsang). Finally, there’s Gucci (Venus Wong), a 16 year-old high-schooler who wants to sell her virginity to the highest bidder to pay for – what else – a limited edition handbag.
Despite their differing reasons for becoming prostitutes (and that’s what they are, some of the girls are quick to remind each other), the four become good enough friends to start hanging out regularly. Conflicts arise due to obvious differences, but the girls weather the storm by banding together to commiserate, shop, and screw with some of the nastier johns. Their quick friendship beggars some belief, as the girls hardly seem compatible or alike besides their common trade. Also, plot holes abound. If Ronnie is rich and the girls are friends, why won’t she just buy Gucci her limited edition handbag to stop her from engaging in underage prostitution? No reason is given, but that’s par for Girl$, which is more often glib and cursory than it is incisive. The film offers a sampling of this particular life, but that’s just what it is: a sampling.
The film’s lack of depth is mediated somewhat by a decent use of technique. Kenneth Bi shoots Girl$ with copious style and plenty of flash. The film moves with a strong, energetic rhythm, and Bi’s editing is sharp. The style helps hide some of the film’s other deficits, like some shallow, undeveloped characters. Also, only one actress (Una Lin) is contracted for nudity, but the fast pace and generous editing may prevent some audiences from realizing such. Some details are suspiciously dropped; nothing is ever made of Gucci’s horny brother (Deep Ng), the threatening serial killer is never fully dealt with, and the ripped-from-the-headlines HIV storyline (involving a john posting a list of possibly infected girls online) is resolved in a predictable, pseudo-sensitive manner. Stripped of its style, Girl$ offers little new to this genre besides the same lip service about how sex workers are people too.
Still, provided one doesn’t look too closely at the sexual or gender politics involved, there’s enough in Girl$ to entertain. Kenneth Bi successfully makes this particular subculture, where young men and women trade for sex online and via text messaging, into a believable and immediate one. The modern technological age, where privacy and information are bartered so casually, seems familiar and even a little frightening in Bi’s hands. He can’t channel the same effectiveness into his characters or their emotions, but there are bright spots there too. Michelle Wai is among Hong Kong’s most promising young actresses, and the emotions she creates are striking ones. The other actresses aren’t quite as strong, but they suit their character types well. With Girl$, Bi shows that he’s talented enough to tell stories different than his previous, somewhat self-absorbed works did. He may simply need better scripts and better producers to move up another level. (Kozo, reviewed at the Hong Kong International Film Festival, 2010)
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