The term "vulgar auteurism" was coined in the early 2010s to describe the work of low art big-budget filmmakers like Michael Bay. I've always felt it was a silly expression, myself. "Auteur" is a loaded word for reasons too complicated to get into here, but for me, "auteur" isn't necessarily synonymous with quality. It simply refers to a storyteller with a clear set of interests and fixations.
In Bay's case, he worships those who wear badges and uniforms for a living, and his craft involves a form of technical maximalism that's come to be known as "Bayhem." As Bay once put it while explaining his love of Robert Wise's classic 1961 musical "West Side Story," "It was all about form, style, how they use the medium. That's what I try to do with my action."
The opening to Bay's "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is a perfect example of what he's talking about.
In Bay's case, he worships those who wear badges and uniforms for a living, and his craft involves a form of technical maximalism that's come to be known as "Bayhem." As Bay once put it while explaining his love of Robert Wise's classic 1961 musical "West Side Story," "It was all about form, style, how they use the medium. That's what I try to do with my action."
The opening to Bay's "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is a perfect example of what he's talking about.
- 7/24/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Eddie Marsan has called out the friend of a college “bully” who tried to mock him on social media.
The London-born actor, who has been in the profession since the 1990s, has racked up an impressive string of credits throughout his career, including roles in Mission: Impossible III (2006), Mike Leigh film Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes (2009) and The World’s End (2013), directed by Edgar Wright.
On Monday (3 April), Marsan, 54, spotted a mean-spirited post on Twitter reading: “Do you ever scroll through Netflix, when you think that you’ve found a film to watch, all of a sudden you scream “Eww! F*** that! It’s got Eddie Marsan in it!”? It keeps happening...”
In reply, one of the actor’s former fellow students at London College of Printing School of Media in Elephant and Castle wrote: “Many years ago my oppo was at the Print College @ the Elephant. Marsan came late...
The London-born actor, who has been in the profession since the 1990s, has racked up an impressive string of credits throughout his career, including roles in Mission: Impossible III (2006), Mike Leigh film Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes (2009) and The World’s End (2013), directed by Edgar Wright.
On Monday (3 April), Marsan, 54, spotted a mean-spirited post on Twitter reading: “Do you ever scroll through Netflix, when you think that you’ve found a film to watch, all of a sudden you scream “Eww! F*** that! It’s got Eddie Marsan in it!”? It keeps happening...”
In reply, one of the actor’s former fellow students at London College of Printing School of Media in Elephant and Castle wrote: “Many years ago my oppo was at the Print College @ the Elephant. Marsan came late...
- 4/4/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Film
High school is hell for people like Jenna Dewan’s put-upon character in the 2006 horror movie Tamara. The pathetic namesake doesn’t have any friends to call her own, and she spends most of her time daydreaming about her hunky teacher when she’s not playing with the dark arts. Now, Tamara thinks her life is finally starting to improve when her crush comes a-calling, but as things tend to go in these kinds of movies, the sudden attention isn’t real. No, someone is out to humiliate her. And like other wronged women in the horror genre, Tamara won’t rest until she gets her revenge.
Before Tamara Riley takes the stage as a violent vixen from beyond the grave, Dewan plays a smart yet frequently bullied girl at Hafton High School. The performance is convincing, quickly endearing her to viewers. Director Jeremy Haft’s movie then goes down...
Before Tamara Riley takes the stage as a violent vixen from beyond the grave, Dewan plays a smart yet frequently bullied girl at Hafton High School. The performance is convincing, quickly endearing her to viewers. Director Jeremy Haft’s movie then goes down...
- 2/9/2023
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
Actor Matthew Marsden says in a series of tweets that he recently lost a job for being anti-vax and criticizes Hollywood for its treatment of conservatives.
“I lost a job last week because I am unvaccinated and I will not lie about it,” he posted on Thursday. “If more people stood up in Hollywood, or any other profession and said ‘no’ then these vaccine mandates would have gone away.”
He continued, “It is the same on Twitter [sic]. The trolls know they can push you around. It is never going to end. No one forces you to post politically. Your choice.”
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On Saturday, he elaborated on his experience as a vocal conservative working in Hollywood.
“Conservatives in Hollywood speak up against tyranny, and we get cancelled. The phone stops ringing,” he wrote, adding that actors Mark Ruffalo, Ron Pearlman and Sean Penn...
“I lost a job last week because I am unvaccinated and I will not lie about it,” he posted on Thursday. “If more people stood up in Hollywood, or any other profession and said ‘no’ then these vaccine mandates would have gone away.”
He continued, “It is the same on Twitter [sic]. The trolls know they can push you around. It is never going to end. No one forces you to post politically. Your choice.”
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On Saturday, he elaborated on his experience as a vocal conservative working in Hollywood.
“Conservatives in Hollywood speak up against tyranny, and we get cancelled. The phone stops ringing,” he wrote, adding that actors Mark Ruffalo, Ron Pearlman and Sean Penn...
- 12/11/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
From Moonlighting through The Fifth Element, Die Hard, Pulp Fiction, The Sixth Sense and 12 Monkeys, everyone has a favorite Bruce Willis moment. Today, as news broke about his aphasia condition, fans, friends and industryites took to the online world to salute his long career.
Some new reactions to the news of his retirement came today, including some costars in his most memorable films.
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All my love and respect to my big brother Bruce Willis. I know his wonderful family is surrounding him with support and strength. He will always be that hero on that poster on my wall as kid.
— M. Night Shyamalan ⌛ (@MNightShyamalan) March 31, 2022
I wanted to send some love to #BruceWillis. He’s the first celebrity I ever met. Back in the 90’s,...
Some new reactions to the news of his retirement came today, including some costars in his most memorable films.
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All my love and respect to my big brother Bruce Willis. I know his wonderful family is surrounding him with support and strength. He will always be that hero on that poster on my wall as kid.
— M. Night Shyamalan ⌛ (@MNightShyamalan) March 31, 2022
I wanted to send some love to #BruceWillis. He’s the first celebrity I ever met. Back in the 90’s,...
- 3/31/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Bruce Willis, Patrick Muldoon, Matthew Marsden, Kelcey Rose, Douglas S. Matthews, Ava Paloma, Chris Cleveland | Written by Jared Cohn, Cam Cannon | Directed by Jared Cohn
It’s the event you’ve all been waiting for, the Bruce Willis movie of the month! This month we proudly present Deadlock, directed by Jared Cohn and co-written by Cohn and Cam Cannon. Sounds like we’re in for a real treat this time. I mean doesn’t that poster look like it represents a great film its studio is proud of?
After a drug bust turns violent and leads to the death of one of the Whitlock boys and the arrest of the other, their father Ron loses his shit and kills the first two cops he sees.
Meanwhile Mack, former Ranger current bitter alcoholic, has dragged himself into work at the hydroelectric plant after an epic night at the bar. He...
It’s the event you’ve all been waiting for, the Bruce Willis movie of the month! This month we proudly present Deadlock, directed by Jared Cohn and co-written by Cohn and Cam Cannon. Sounds like we’re in for a real treat this time. I mean doesn’t that poster look like it represents a great film its studio is proud of?
After a drug bust turns violent and leads to the death of one of the Whitlock boys and the arrest of the other, their father Ron loses his shit and kills the first two cops he sees.
Meanwhile Mack, former Ranger current bitter alcoholic, has dragged himself into work at the hydroelectric plant after an epic night at the bar. He...
- 12/9/2021
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
"This is my legacy." Saban Films has unveiled the official trailer for Deadlock, another "why did you make this film, Bruce!?" action thriller starring Bruce Willis. We keep posting these trailers for bad Bruce Willis films because they're so remarkably bad and yet he keeps starring in them over and over and over. Deadlock stars Willis as Ron Whitlock, described as a wanted criminal leading a team of mercenaries on a mission of vengeance. Convinced that the government is working against them, the merciless group brutally seizes an energy plant and holds everyone inside hostage. So uh, he's a bad guy this time? Patrick Muldoon plays a retired army ranger who must take them out to save a nearby town. The cast includes Matthew Marsden, Lorenzo Antonucci, Ava Paloma, and Jared Bankens. Yeah, this looks as bad as it sounds - just watch the kick ass short film called Deadlock instead.
- 10/27/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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For the first time in its 37-year history, the Rambo series is coming home as a complete SteelBook® set – with original art by some of today’s most celebrated illustrators! Rambo: The Complete SteelBook Collection arrives on 4K Ultra Hdtm October 27 from Lionsgate. This definitive collector’s edition of the legendary series features five uniquely designed SteelBooks by celebrated artists Justin Erickson, Ken Taylor, Grzegorz Domaradzki, Vance Kelly, and John Guydo, housed in a custom SteelBook case. It’s a must-have for Rambo fans! Starring Academy Award® nominee Sylvester Stallone, the collection features all five action-packed Rambo films including First Blood, Rambo: First Blood Part II, Rambo III, Rambo, and Rambo: Last Blood. Rambo: The Complete SteelBook Collection will be available on 4K Ultra HD for the suggested retail price of $119.99.
Official Synopsis
Since its debut nearly four decades ago, the Rambo series starring Sylvester Stallone has become...
For the first time in its 37-year history, the Rambo series is coming home as a complete SteelBook® set – with original art by some of today’s most celebrated illustrators! Rambo: The Complete SteelBook Collection arrives on 4K Ultra Hdtm October 27 from Lionsgate. This definitive collector’s edition of the legendary series features five uniquely designed SteelBooks by celebrated artists Justin Erickson, Ken Taylor, Grzegorz Domaradzki, Vance Kelly, and John Guydo, housed in a custom SteelBook case. It’s a must-have for Rambo fans! Starring Academy Award® nominee Sylvester Stallone, the collection features all five action-packed Rambo films including First Blood, Rambo: First Blood Part II, Rambo III, Rambo, and Rambo: Last Blood. Rambo: The Complete SteelBook Collection will be available on 4K Ultra HD for the suggested retail price of $119.99.
Official Synopsis
Since its debut nearly four decades ago, the Rambo series starring Sylvester Stallone has become...
- 9/3/2020
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
The legendary Academy Award nominee Sylvester Stallone returns to his most explosive character yet when Rambo arrives on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital) and Digital 4K Ultra HD September 3 from Lionsgate. Just in time for Stallone’s reprisal of the role in Rambo: Last Blood (in theaters September 20), re-relive the fourth movie in the franchise set 26 years after Rambo made his big screen debut in First Blood. Written and directed by Sylvester Stallone, the film also stars Julie Benz, Matthew Marsden, and Graham McTavish. Experience four times the resolution of full HD with the 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack, which includes Dolby Vision®, bringing entertainment to life through ultra-vivid picture quality. When compared to a standard picture, Dolby Vision can deliver spectacular colors never before seen on a screen, highlights that are up to 40 times brighter, and blacks that are 10 times darker. Additionally, the 4K Ultra...
- 8/26/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Stars: Sam Jaeger, Adrianne Palicki, Michael Jai White, Matthew Marsden, Kyra Zagorsky, Ty Olsson, Olivia Cheng, Zahf Paroo, Aren Buchholz, Lisa Chandler, Mike Dopud, Monique Ganderton, Dakota Guppy, Marci T. House | Written by Jonas Barnes, Keith Domingue | Directed by Tony Giglio
An in-name only sequel- it’s been six years since the last S.W.A.T. movie, Firefight, and you Really don’t have to have seen the previous film – or the 2003 original – to appreciate this, the third film in the S.W.A.T. franchise. Yet another take on the Assault on Precinct 13 story model, S.W.A.T.: Under Siege sees a Swat compound come under fire from an international terrorist who relentlessly and violently pursues a mystery man who was apprehended by Seattle Swat after a raid went horribly wrong.
So why now? Why make another S.W.A.T. film now? Maybe it’s because CBS are planning a new TV iteration of the classic series,...
An in-name only sequel- it’s been six years since the last S.W.A.T. movie, Firefight, and you Really don’t have to have seen the previous film – or the 2003 original – to appreciate this, the third film in the S.W.A.T. franchise. Yet another take on the Assault on Precinct 13 story model, S.W.A.T.: Under Siege sees a Swat compound come under fire from an international terrorist who relentlessly and violently pursues a mystery man who was apprehended by Seattle Swat after a raid went horribly wrong.
So why now? Why make another S.W.A.T. film now? Maybe it’s because CBS are planning a new TV iteration of the classic series,...
- 9/13/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
When a film opens with Scott Adkins rising from the mud with a scream in Indochina circa 1959, you begin cultivating expectations. You forgive the ham-fisted voiceover narration and the quick slow motion cuts disorienting place and time. You forgive the lack of context as to why this man (and a woman too) was trapped under mud in the first place because you’re re-situating yourself in your seat to brace for the impact of the actor’s fists against the flesh of whomever put him there. Maybe the woman is a love interest. Maybe she won’t survive. I’d be lying if I didn’t say I hoped she wouldn’t so the bloodlust could increase further towards revenge. Sadly, vengeance — why I sat down at all — is still an hour away.
Ex-stuntman Jesse V. Johnson’s Savage Dog rewinds six months to show us how Martin (Adkins) got trapped there after all,...
Ex-stuntman Jesse V. Johnson’s Savage Dog rewinds six months to show us how Martin (Adkins) got trapped there after all,...
- 7/31/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Stars: Scott Adkins, Marko Zaror, Juju Chan, Cung Le, Keith David, Vladimir Kulich, Matthew Marsden, Charles Fathy | Written and Directed by Jesse V. Johnson
Ok, let’s all just say it together. Scott Adkins is the saviour of Dtv action movies. Charismatic, skilled and just a downright badass (and likeable) actor, whatever Adkins seemingly touches turns to gold – the Universal Soldier franchise was improved by his addition, as was the Undisputed series: in fact he made that particular fighting franchise Better with each and every sequel. Even the football-themed series Green Street was made watchable by the appearance of Adkins in the third installment, and that coming from someone who, typically, refuses to watch movies based on idiotic football hooligans.
Hold on… Turns out I may have a man-crush on Scott Adkins! And that’s not a bad thing.
Adkins has single-handedly kept the direct to market action genre alive,...
Ok, let’s all just say it together. Scott Adkins is the saviour of Dtv action movies. Charismatic, skilled and just a downright badass (and likeable) actor, whatever Adkins seemingly touches turns to gold – the Universal Soldier franchise was improved by his addition, as was the Undisputed series: in fact he made that particular fighting franchise Better with each and every sequel. Even the football-themed series Green Street was made watchable by the appearance of Adkins in the third installment, and that coming from someone who, typically, refuses to watch movies based on idiotic football hooligans.
Hold on… Turns out I may have a man-crush on Scott Adkins! And that’s not a bad thing.
Adkins has single-handedly kept the direct to market action genre alive,...
- 7/17/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
You've gotta watch this trailer for the upcoming action thriller Savage Dog, which features Scott Adkins (Doctor Strange, The Expendables II) kicking ass as he embarks on a mission for revenge.
The movie looks like it came straight out of the early 1990s, which is why I'm kind of looking forward to watching it. I've seen a few trailers for upcoming action films recently that reminded me of movies from the 90s. Are 90s-style action movies making a comeback!? Yeah, it looks like a very low-budget flick, but sometimes it's just fun to sit back, relax, and watch a fun movie like this. Here's the synopsis:
Indochina, 1959. A Wild West town controlled by the criminal class: Vietnamese warlords and European war criminals. The worst prison in the land, it is here that a European, former-champion boxer Martin Tilman (Scott Adkins) has made a name for himself fighting tournaments. When Tilman is due for release,...
The movie looks like it came straight out of the early 1990s, which is why I'm kind of looking forward to watching it. I've seen a few trailers for upcoming action films recently that reminded me of movies from the 90s. Are 90s-style action movies making a comeback!? Yeah, it looks like a very low-budget flick, but sometimes it's just fun to sit back, relax, and watch a fun movie like this. Here's the synopsis:
Indochina, 1959. A Wild West town controlled by the criminal class: Vietnamese warlords and European war criminals. The worst prison in the land, it is here that a European, former-champion boxer Martin Tilman (Scott Adkins) has made a name for himself fighting tournaments. When Tilman is due for release,...
- 7/11/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
"There's a tale told somewhere south of Burma. The tale tells of a man..." XLrator Media has debuted an official trailer for an action movie titled Savage Dog, which looks like it's straight out of the 90s as an action movie mixing guns and martial arts and a ridiculous revenge plot and so much more. Scott Adkins stars as a former champion boxer stuck in a prison in Indochina in the late 1950s. When he is released, the people running the jail don't want him to leave and so he must figure out a way to get home. The full cast includes Marko Zaror, Juju Chan, Cung Le, Vladimir Kulich, Charles Fathy, Matthew Marsden, Sheena Chou, and the incomparable Keith David. I really don't know how to describe this, it has some cool action but it seriously looks like this was made 30 years ago and kept in a vault until now.
- 7/10/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Jenny Morrill Sep 6, 2016
Den Of Geek raises a glass to some lesser-known soap star pop singles, from Coronation Street to Neighbours and more...
“Do you remember the guy who played that guy in that thing? His song was good wasn't it?”
The above is an example of a conversation regularly heard in our house. The only variants are that sometimes it was 'that girl from that thing', and a lot of the time the song was far from good.
Well sod it – I think we as a nation need to have more discussions about Craig McLachlan and Stefan Dennis. It's the only way our society will grow. So here are 12 songs from Soapland that weren't done by Kylie, Jason, or Kylie and Jason.
1. Kevin Kennedy (Curly Watts) – Bulldog Nation
Here we see Coronation Street's finest and supermarket manager extraordinaire with an indie effort from 2000. Did You Know - Kennedy...
Den Of Geek raises a glass to some lesser-known soap star pop singles, from Coronation Street to Neighbours and more...
“Do you remember the guy who played that guy in that thing? His song was good wasn't it?”
The above is an example of a conversation regularly heard in our house. The only variants are that sometimes it was 'that girl from that thing', and a lot of the time the song was far from good.
Well sod it – I think we as a nation need to have more discussions about Craig McLachlan and Stefan Dennis. It's the only way our society will grow. So here are 12 songs from Soapland that weren't done by Kylie, Jason, or Kylie and Jason.
1. Kevin Kennedy (Curly Watts) – Bulldog Nation
Here we see Coronation Street's finest and supermarket manager extraordinaire with an indie effort from 2000. Did You Know - Kennedy...
- 8/7/2016
- Den of Geek
South by Southwest in Austin, Texas has begun and one of the films being screened is Teenage Cocktail. A poster and teaser for the film were revealed and are available after the jump. Also: an I Am Not a Serial Killer clip, a trailer for The Girl in the Photographs, and release details for Victor Warren’s Hot.
SXSW: Teenage Cocktail: “Feeling confined by their small town and overbearing parents, Annie and Jules hatch a scheme of running away. The only issue is, they need the money to get there. Jules suggests the couple try webcam modeling. Although she’s nervous at first, Annie can’t argue when the money starts rolling in. But as the girls soon find out, consequences can blindside you. Sometimes violently.
SXSW 2016 Screenings:
Saturday, March 12th, 2:15 Pm at Alamo Lamar D
Sunday, March 13th, 6:00 Pm at Alamo Slaughter (SXSW Satellite)
Tuesday, March 15th,...
SXSW: Teenage Cocktail: “Feeling confined by their small town and overbearing parents, Annie and Jules hatch a scheme of running away. The only issue is, they need the money to get there. Jules suggests the couple try webcam modeling. Although she’s nervous at first, Annie can’t argue when the money starts rolling in. But as the girls soon find out, consequences can blindside you. Sometimes violently.
SXSW 2016 Screenings:
Saturday, March 12th, 2:15 Pm at Alamo Lamar D
Sunday, March 13th, 6:00 Pm at Alamo Slaughter (SXSW Satellite)
Tuesday, March 15th,...
- 3/12/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Privately backed Resurgent Film Group has launched a new media company and will adapt The Lions Of Lucerne by author Brad Thor.
The story centres on a Navy Seal turned Secret Service operative who goes after the people who kidnapped the Us President.
Resurgent has brought on post-production expert Des Carey to serve as president, Destination Films founder Brent Baum as COO, actor Matthew Marsden as evp of development and Thor as executive chairman.
The story centres on a Navy Seal turned Secret Service operative who goes after the people who kidnapped the Us President.
Resurgent has brought on post-production expert Des Carey to serve as president, Destination Films founder Brent Baum as COO, actor Matthew Marsden as evp of development and Thor as executive chairman.
- 9/23/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Late night schlock-horror which sees a boatload of research scientists picked off by a giant jungle serpent in a sequel to - or should that read remake of - Anaconda. A group of boffins - including Coronation Street's Matthew Marsden - search the Borneo jungle for a serum offering eternal life. However, a big snake with hunger pangs has other ideas.
- 8/8/2014
- Sky Movies
Filmmakers on the sex trade film have issued the first photographs from the shoot.
Matthew Marsden and Alyson Stoner recently joined Frida Farrell (pictured), Gabriel Olds, Lew Temple, Amber Benson, Stelio Savante, Samantha Esteban and Brandon Burrows.
Selling Isobel is shooting in Los Angeles and centres on a pilates teacher who is kidnapped and sent to work in the sex trade.
Rudolf Buitendach directs from a screenplay by producer Glynn Turner.
Matthew Marsden and Alyson Stoner recently joined Frida Farrell (pictured), Gabriel Olds, Lew Temple, Amber Benson, Stelio Savante, Samantha Esteban and Brandon Burrows.
Selling Isobel is shooting in Los Angeles and centres on a pilates teacher who is kidnapped and sent to work in the sex trade.
Rudolf Buitendach directs from a screenplay by producer Glynn Turner.
- 2/12/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Filmmakers on the sex trade film have issued the first photographs from the shoot.
Matthew Marsden and Alyson Stoner recently joined Frida Farrell (pictured), Gabriel Olds, Lew Temple, Amber Benson, Stelio Savante, Samantha Esteban and Brandon Burrows.
Selling Isobel is shooting in Los Angeles and centres on a pilates teacher who is kidnapped and sent to work in the sex trade.
Rudolf Buitendach directs from a screenplay by producer Glynn Turner.
Matthew Marsden and Alyson Stoner recently joined Frida Farrell (pictured), Gabriel Olds, Lew Temple, Amber Benson, Stelio Savante, Samantha Esteban and Brandon Burrows.
Selling Isobel is shooting in Los Angeles and centres on a pilates teacher who is kidnapped and sent to work in the sex trade.
Rudolf Buitendach directs from a screenplay by producer Glynn Turner.
- 2/12/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
In today's Indie Beat, we're happy to present the very first images from the upcoming thriller, set in the horrible world of sex trade, Selling Isobel. Come inside to check them out and get your first peak at this new indie film!
Here at Cinelinx we like to talk about all aspects of filmmaking and movie news. To that end, we have Indie Beat where we highlight some of the latest news, trailers, and PR releases from the indie filmmaker scene. So if you're an independent filmmaker and want some coverage on our site, be sure to drop us a line at jordan@cinelinx.com .
{gallery}Selling Isobel{/gallery}
Frida Farrell plays Isobel in a cast that includes Amber Benson, Matthew Marsden, Gabriel Olds, Stelio Savante, Alyson Stoner and Lew Temple.
Selling Isobel is based on the true story of a pilates teacher who is kidnapped and used as a slave in the sex trade.
Here at Cinelinx we like to talk about all aspects of filmmaking and movie news. To that end, we have Indie Beat where we highlight some of the latest news, trailers, and PR releases from the indie filmmaker scene. So if you're an independent filmmaker and want some coverage on our site, be sure to drop us a line at jordan@cinelinx.com .
{gallery}Selling Isobel{/gallery}
Frida Farrell plays Isobel in a cast that includes Amber Benson, Matthew Marsden, Gabriel Olds, Stelio Savante, Alyson Stoner and Lew Temple.
Selling Isobel is based on the true story of a pilates teacher who is kidnapped and used as a slave in the sex trade.
- 2/12/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
Exclusive: South African actor Stelio Savante has joined the cast of Peter Greenaway’s Eisenstein In Guanajuato.
Filming is scheduled to commence early this year with Finnish actor Elmer Back attached to star as the pioneering Russian filmmaker.
The focus of the film will be Eisenstein’s short-lived yet passionate affair with his guide in Mexico during a momentous 10-day trip.
Savante (pictured) will portray Hunter S Kimbrough, one of the financiers and producers of Eisenstein’s original venture that procured meetings with Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.
Bruno Felix and Femke Wolting are producing Eisenstein In Guanajuato through Amsterdam-based producer-distributor Submarine.
Savante just wrapped the sex trade thriller Selling Isobel for Rudolf Buitendach in which he stars opposite Matthew Marsden, Amber Benson and Alyson Stoner.
Filming is scheduled to commence early this year with Finnish actor Elmer Back attached to star as the pioneering Russian filmmaker.
The focus of the film will be Eisenstein’s short-lived yet passionate affair with his guide in Mexico during a momentous 10-day trip.
Savante (pictured) will portray Hunter S Kimbrough, one of the financiers and producers of Eisenstein’s original venture that procured meetings with Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.
Bruno Felix and Femke Wolting are producing Eisenstein In Guanajuato through Amsterdam-based producer-distributor Submarine.
Savante just wrapped the sex trade thriller Selling Isobel for Rudolf Buitendach in which he stars opposite Matthew Marsden, Amber Benson and Alyson Stoner.
- 1/23/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
12 Years A Slave | The Railway Man | Delivery Man | After Tiller | 1: Life On The Limit | Exposed: Beyond Burlesque
12 Years A Slave (15)
(Steve McQueen, 2013, Us/UK) Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong'o, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano. 134 mins
What with the acclaim, the awards buzz and the harrowing subject matter, finally seeing McQueen's slavery drama now feels like a duty. But this is an "issue movie" unlike any other, both in its deliberate formalism and its under-represented history. Along with Ejiofor's abductee, we're fully immersed in a slavery system so brutally oppressive even the expression of suffering is forbidden. McQueen gives us a study of institutionalised cruelty, the forces propping it up and its innumerable victims.
The Railway Man (15)
(Jonathan Teplitzky, 2013, Aus/UK) Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman. 116 mins
Middle-aged romance is rapidly derailed by events of the past in this earnest bio-drama, as Kidman spurs Scotsman Firth to revisit his Asian prisoner-of-war days,...
12 Years A Slave (15)
(Steve McQueen, 2013, Us/UK) Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong'o, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano. 134 mins
What with the acclaim, the awards buzz and the harrowing subject matter, finally seeing McQueen's slavery drama now feels like a duty. But this is an "issue movie" unlike any other, both in its deliberate formalism and its under-represented history. Along with Ejiofor's abductee, we're fully immersed in a slavery system so brutally oppressive even the expression of suffering is forbidden. McQueen gives us a study of institutionalised cruelty, the forces propping it up and its innumerable victims.
The Railway Man (15)
(Jonathan Teplitzky, 2013, Aus/UK) Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman. 116 mins
Middle-aged romance is rapidly derailed by events of the past in this earnest bio-drama, as Kidman spurs Scotsman Firth to revisit his Asian prisoner-of-war days,...
- 1/11/2014
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
More often than not, films gain a cult following purely by accident. That’s almost the point. However every now and again filmmakers present their work with the sole intention of achieving that cult status, and it simply feels too contrived, defeating the object somewhat. Henry Saine’s Bounty Killer can be accused of just that, in a film that is full to the brim of corny one-liners. There are only so many you can implement before they lose their impact – and this feels like a screenplay made up of t-shirt slogans.
Set in the not too distant future, we enter into a post-apocalyptic society where corporations have displaced the government. However a rebellion is sparked amongst the people, and the Council of Nine have issued death warrants for all of the guilty, white collar criminals. Those undertaking the murders are the Bounty Killers – a heroic and adulated group whose...
Set in the not too distant future, we enter into a post-apocalyptic society where corporations have displaced the government. However a rebellion is sparked amongst the people, and the Council of Nine have issued death warrants for all of the guilty, white collar criminals. Those undertaking the murders are the Bounty Killers – a heroic and adulated group whose...
- 1/9/2014
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Matthew Marsden and Alyson Stoner have joined lead actress Frida Farrell, Amber Benson, Stelio Savante, Gabriel Olds, Lew Temple, Samantha Esteban and Brandon Burrows in the indie thriller Selling Isobel, which has begun filming in Los Angeles. Written and produced by Glynn Turner, the film is directed by Rudolf Buitendach who’s first film Dark Hearts was recently acquired by Vertical Entertainment for Us theatrical distribution.
Selling Isobel is based on the true story of a pilates teacher who is kidnapped and used as a slave in the sex trade. She struggles for her life in the hopes of being reunited with her husband and young daughter.
Selling Isobel is based on the true story of a pilates teacher who is kidnapped and used as a slave in the sex trade. She struggles for her life in the hopes of being reunited with her husband and young daughter.
- 12/19/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stars: Matthew Marsden, Christian Pitre, Barak Hardley, Eve, Gary Busey, Kristanna Loken,, Abraham Benrubi, Kevin McNally, Beverly D’Angelo | Written by Jason Dodson | Directed by Henry Saine
I hadn’t heard of Bounty Killer till a couple of YouTubers (Coolduder, Wetmovie1) mentioned the film in their usual DVD and Blu-ray round-ups. The title alone intrigued me, after all I had enjoyed the previous “bounty hunter” flicks I’d seen: Michael Dudikoff’s Bounty Hunters and Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball and the recent Trish Stratus (WWE Diva) starring Bounty Hunters. So I was bound to enjoy a film that not only featured bounty hunters, but was called Bounty Killer, right?
In a word. Yes! In fact two words: Hell Yes!
Based on a short film of the same name (and also the graphic novel adaptation) by Jason Dodson and Henry Saine, Bounty Killer is set 20 years after corporations took over the world s governments.
I hadn’t heard of Bounty Killer till a couple of YouTubers (Coolduder, Wetmovie1) mentioned the film in their usual DVD and Blu-ray round-ups. The title alone intrigued me, after all I had enjoyed the previous “bounty hunter” flicks I’d seen: Michael Dudikoff’s Bounty Hunters and Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball and the recent Trish Stratus (WWE Diva) starring Bounty Hunters. So I was bound to enjoy a film that not only featured bounty hunters, but was called Bounty Killer, right?
In a word. Yes! In fact two words: Hell Yes!
Based on a short film of the same name (and also the graphic novel adaptation) by Jason Dodson and Henry Saine, Bounty Killer is set 20 years after corporations took over the world s governments.
- 12/15/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Today in Indie Beat we have some casting news from the upcoming Selling Isobel, a thriller about the sex trade which is sadly based on a true story. Come inside to check out who's joining the cast of the film.
Here at Cinelinx we like to talk about all aspects of filmmaking and movie news. To that end, we have Indie Beat where we highlight some of the latest news, trailers, and PR releases from the indie filmmaker scene. So if you're an independent filmmaker and want some coverage on our site, be sure to drop us a line at jordan@cinelinx.com.
Matthew Marsden & Alyson Stoner have joined lead actress Frida Farrell, Amber Benson, Stelio Savante, Gabriel Olds, Lew Temple, Samantha Esteban and Brandon Burrows in the indie thriller which has begun filming in Los Angeles. Written and produced by Glynn Turner, Selling Isobel is directed by Rudolf Buitendach...
Here at Cinelinx we like to talk about all aspects of filmmaking and movie news. To that end, we have Indie Beat where we highlight some of the latest news, trailers, and PR releases from the indie filmmaker scene. So if you're an independent filmmaker and want some coverage on our site, be sure to drop us a line at jordan@cinelinx.com.
Matthew Marsden & Alyson Stoner have joined lead actress Frida Farrell, Amber Benson, Stelio Savante, Gabriel Olds, Lew Temple, Samantha Esteban and Brandon Burrows in the indie thriller which has begun filming in Los Angeles. Written and produced by Glynn Turner, Selling Isobel is directed by Rudolf Buitendach...
- 12/13/2013
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
Matthew Marsden and Alyson Stoner have joined the thriller Selling Isobel.
Frida Farrell, Gabriel Olds, Lew Temple, Amber Benson, Stelio Savante, Samantha Esteban and Brandon Burrows were previously announced on the true story.
Selling Isobel is currently shooting in Los Angeles and centres on a pilates teacher who is kidnapped and sent to work in the sex trade.
Rudolf Buitendach directs from a screenplay by producer Glynn Turner.
Frida Farrell, Gabriel Olds, Lew Temple, Amber Benson, Stelio Savante, Samantha Esteban and Brandon Burrows were previously announced on the true story.
Selling Isobel is currently shooting in Los Angeles and centres on a pilates teacher who is kidnapped and sent to work in the sex trade.
Rudolf Buitendach directs from a screenplay by producer Glynn Turner.
- 12/10/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Matthew Marsden and Alyson Stoner have boarded Selling Isobel, joining star Frida Farrell as well as Gabriel Olds, Lew Temple, Amber Benson, Stelio Savante, Samantha Esteban and Brandon Burrows. The independent thriller has already started shooting in Los Angeles and is directed by Rudolf Buitendach from the script by Glynn Turner. Selling Isobel is based on the true story of a pilates teacher who is kidnapped and used as a slave in the sex trade. She struggles for her life in the hopes of being reunited with her husband and young daughter.
- 12/10/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Welcome back to This Week In Discs! If you see something you like, click on the title to buy it from Amazon. Bounty Killer The future! Corporations grew too powerful and went to war with each other with the real victims being the rest of society. A council was organized to issue bounties on the heads of CEOs responsible for the apocalypse, and Drifter (Matthew Marsden) and Mary Death (Christian Pitre) are two of the best bounty killers to answer the call. Throw in an army of Juggalo-like Gypsies, Gary Busey, and the female Terminator from Rise of the Machines (Kristanna Loken), and the two bounty killers are forced into a surprising fight for their own lives. This low budget, post-apocalyptic action/comedy packs more fun, creativity, and clear love for movies into its ninety minute run-time than far too many big Hollywood productions manage these days. Sure there’s overly excessive CGI abuse (some of the...
- 10/29/2013
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
*full disclosure: a DVD screener of this film was provided by Arc Entertainment. Director: Henry Saine. Writers: Jason Dodson, Colin Ebeling, and Henry Saine. Cast: Matthew Marsden, Kristanna Loken, Christian Pitre, Barak Hardley, Abraham Benrubi and Gary Busey. This film critic is not a fan of writing negative reviews. However, reviews can sometimes serve as a warning, to steer viewers away from certain material. Henry Saine's (The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu) Bounty Killer is a film that most film fans will want to skip. Based on a 2013 comic book, Bounty Killer offers silly situations in a future post-apocalyptic landscape. The film also offers very little in its characters, while trying to trump up its shortfalls by offering almost every genre in the book. This mishmash of story ideas and weak characters creates for a very uninspiring ninety-two minutes. The story is built on a very weak foundation. The...
- 10/29/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Want a rock ‘em, sock ‘em film to add to your action collection? “Bounty Killer” will be out on DVD and Blu-ray Oct. 29. The film is directed by Henry Saine and stars Matthew Marsden, Christian Pitre, Barak Hardley, Eve, Gary Busey, Beverly D’Angelo and Alexa Vega. The film focuses on a those who hunt the corrupt members of government corporations: “It’s been 20 years since the corporations took over the world’s governments. Their thirst for power and profits led to the corporate wars, a fierce global battle that laid waste to society as we know it. Born from the ash, the Council of Nine rose as a new law [ Read More ]
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- 10/28/2013
- by monique
- ShockYa
With a simplistic title like Bounty Killer, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this indie action flick, but the film quickly asserted itself as a heavy hitting, big-gun-toting action extravaganza unlike anything I could have predicted. Henry Saine’s dystopian universe is created with a very eccentric eye for detail and a gutsiness comparable to a swinging pair of brass balls, as the bullets quickly started flying and blood started splattering against the walls like a freakin’ Jackson Pollock painting. Ignore the “independent” classification this film might have, because Saine has created a film that stacks up against the year’s biggest blockbuster productions – and kicks some of their asses in the process.
In a not-so-distant future, where corporations left Earth in ruins and humanity in shambles after waging violent wars against one another, most CEOs and big-wigs went into hiding with their remaining riches, leaving the...
In a not-so-distant future, where corporations left Earth in ruins and humanity in shambles after waging violent wars against one another, most CEOs and big-wigs went into hiding with their remaining riches, leaving the...
- 10/28/2013
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes release details for Kane Hodder’s Exit to Hell, trailer for Evil Feed, Another, and Terrible Angels, video highlights from Steven Yeun interview with Conan O’Brien, and much more:
Exit to Hell Release Details: “After robbing a mafia run strip club, a naïve group of thugs head for the border to enjoy their bounty. But when they enter the remote and wind-swept town of Redstone, they gruesomely discover that revenge is all in how you slice it. Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th, Hatchet) takes the title role as Sheriff Slade Sickle, a man with an abiding appetite for justice! Exit to Hell co-stars Tiffany Shepis (Nightmare Man, Dark Reel) and Rena Riffel (Showgirls, Mulholland Dr.) in this carnage-filled tribute to American Grindhouse cinema.
Uncork’d Entertainment has inked North American VOD,...
Exit to Hell Release Details: “After robbing a mafia run strip club, a naïve group of thugs head for the border to enjoy their bounty. But when they enter the remote and wind-swept town of Redstone, they gruesomely discover that revenge is all in how you slice it. Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th, Hatchet) takes the title role as Sheriff Slade Sickle, a man with an abiding appetite for justice! Exit to Hell co-stars Tiffany Shepis (Nightmare Man, Dark Reel) and Rena Riffel (Showgirls, Mulholland Dr.) in this carnage-filled tribute to American Grindhouse cinema.
Uncork’d Entertainment has inked North American VOD,...
- 10/20/2013
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Henry Saine (The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu) is the director behind Bounty Killer. This action packed thriller released in theatres and through video-on-demand September 6th, 2013. Bounty Killer is about corporate greed and surviving an apocalypse. The film stars Matthew Marsden (Resident Evil: Extinction), Kristanna Loken (Bloodrayne), Gary Busey and Alexa Vega. Now, fans of the film can enter to win a DVD copy of the film, for their home entertainment collection. The film's story takes place in the future. A series of wars between corporations have left the world a desolate wasteland. Now, a new organization is allowing the murder of white collar criminals and bounty hunters are rewarded in hard cash! Fans can preview the film, with the official trailer below. As well, readers can also take part in a game of trivia, related to the movie. To enter the contest, fans must simply send an email to the address below,...
- 9/10/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
The genre equivalent of soft-core porn: it doesn’t care how strained and derivative it is as long as it is delivering flying bullets, fast cars, and closeups on women’s sashaying asses. I’m “biast” (pro): I’m a big ol’ science fiction geek
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Deliver me from little boys who think that tossing together some ideas stolen from Mad Max and Firefly, some visual tropes swiped from Tarantino, and some “hilarious” characters who are sexist morons makes for a fun, sexy, badass flick. Oh, are writers Henry Saine, Jason Dodson, and Colin Ebeling (Saine directs) older than 12? Coulda fooled me. Who else would name a whorehouse the “Thirsty Beaver”? *cue adolescent sniggering* In a standard grungy postapocalyptic future — though one in which there’s still gas for muscle cars and delicate white stockings...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Deliver me from little boys who think that tossing together some ideas stolen from Mad Max and Firefly, some visual tropes swiped from Tarantino, and some “hilarious” characters who are sexist morons makes for a fun, sexy, badass flick. Oh, are writers Henry Saine, Jason Dodson, and Colin Ebeling (Saine directs) older than 12? Coulda fooled me. Who else would name a whorehouse the “Thirsty Beaver”? *cue adolescent sniggering* In a standard grungy postapocalyptic future — though one in which there’s still gas for muscle cars and delicate white stockings...
- 9/5/2013
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Henry Saine's Bounty Killer is coming to cinemas and VOD on September 6th. The film has been well received on the festival circuit, including a much talked about screening at Fantasia a couple of weeks ago. I was still hearing the buzz about it when I arrived in town days later.To help prepare you, we have an exclusive clip to share. In the clip Christian Pitre as Mary Death and Matthew Marsden as Drifter square off against each other and a gang of corporate thugs toting machine guns a plenty.It's been 20 years since the corporations took over the world's governments. Their thirst for power and profits led to the corporate wars, a fierce global battle that laid waste to society as we know it....
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- 8/20/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Bounty Killer from Arc Entertainment has a fresh movie trailer, poster as well as new images in the gallery for the film which opens in theaters and VOD on September 6th, followed by a DVD release on October 29th, 2013. Matthew Marsden, Christian Pitre, Barak Hardley, Eve, Gary Busey, Beverly D'Angelo and Alexa Vega star in the Henry Saine actioner written by Jason Dodson, Colin Ebeling and Saine. The film is rated R for strong bloody violence, language and some sexuality/nudity. It’s been 20 years since the corporations took over the world’s governments. Their thirst for power and profits led to the corporate wars, a fierce global battle that laid waste to society as we know it. Born from the ash, the Council of Nine rose as a new law and order for this dark age. To avenge the corporations’ reckless destruction, the Council...
- 8/16/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting all the recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes first details Dark, casting news for Bedlam Stories, DVD release details for Evidence, a Q&A with the creators of Zombie Gnomes, and much more:
Bedlam Stories Casting Update: “Director Pearry Teo’s (Necromentia, The Gene Generation, and the upcoming The Dark Prince) newest twisted horror movie has added a seasoned indie veteran to their cast, Scream Queen Jessica Cameron.
Set in the 1920s, intrepid reporter Nelly Bly fakes insanity to gain admission into the infamous Bedlam Asylum. While researching her expose, Nellie meets a young patient, Dorothy, who has delusions of a fantasy land she calls “Oz.” Digging deeper into the dark history of the asylum, Nellie uncovers evidence of human experimentation on another inmate, a young girl named Alice, who’s “Wonderland” mirrored Dorothy’s imaginary world.
Bedlam Stories Casting Update: “Director Pearry Teo’s (Necromentia, The Gene Generation, and the upcoming The Dark Prince) newest twisted horror movie has added a seasoned indie veteran to their cast, Scream Queen Jessica Cameron.
Set in the 1920s, intrepid reporter Nelly Bly fakes insanity to gain admission into the infamous Bedlam Asylum. While researching her expose, Nellie meets a young patient, Dorothy, who has delusions of a fantasy land she calls “Oz.” Digging deeper into the dark history of the asylum, Nellie uncovers evidence of human experimentation on another inmate, a young girl named Alice, who’s “Wonderland” mirrored Dorothy’s imaginary world.
- 8/6/2013
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Chicago – Who cares? Rarely has a movie been so weighed down with horrendous, expository dialogue that has no weight whatsoever as in the widely-loathed “Atlas Shrugged, Part I.” After the notoriously-reviled theatrical release ($4.6 million total domestic box office on a 12% on Rotten Tomatoes) killed the chance at a trilogy (on top of the hysterical Blu-ray labeling error), I kind of hoped the film would either surprise me with its quality or be so awful that it approached “The Room” or “Troll 2” levels of enjoyment. Nope. It’s just boring, boring, boring — the kind of film only worthwhile if you’re having trouble sleeping.
Blu-Ray Rating: 1.0/5.0
The dialogue in “Atlas Shrugged” is so stilted and awkwardly written than were times when I wondered if the screenwriters weren’t going for Lynchian levels of unusual behavior. Characters in David Lynch movies often speak in riddles and with unique patterns, but if that’s the intention here,...
Blu-Ray Rating: 1.0/5.0
The dialogue in “Atlas Shrugged” is so stilted and awkwardly written than were times when I wondered if the screenwriters weren’t going for Lynchian levels of unusual behavior. Characters in David Lynch movies often speak in riddles and with unique patterns, but if that’s the intention here,...
- 11/15/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The Movie Pool wants to enlist in Madso's War on DVD!
DVD Specs
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Rating: R (violence, sexual content, nudity, brief drug use, language)
Running Time: 84 minutes
Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital
Subtitles: English for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Spanish
Special Features: None
The Set-up
A gang war breaks out in Boston, leaving a small-time hood (Matthew Marsden) and his friends caught in the middle.
Directed by: Rob Marcus
Screenplay by: Chris Bertolini
The Delivery
When a Boston mob boss goes missing, a power struggle breaks out among the remaining crime bosses. It sounds like a pretty generic plot, which is why Madso's War is a pretty generic movie. There is nothing you haven't seen before, and plenty that you have,all in much better mob films.
The opening credits provide you with your first warning: "Spike TV Presents." For a cable network that...
DVD Specs
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Rating: R (violence, sexual content, nudity, brief drug use, language)
Running Time: 84 minutes
Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital
Subtitles: English for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Spanish
Special Features: None
The Set-up
A gang war breaks out in Boston, leaving a small-time hood (Matthew Marsden) and his friends caught in the middle.
Directed by: Rob Marcus
Screenplay by: Chris Bertolini
The Delivery
When a Boston mob boss goes missing, a power struggle breaks out among the remaining crime bosses. It sounds like a pretty generic plot, which is why Madso's War is a pretty generic movie. There is nothing you haven't seen before, and plenty that you have,all in much better mob films.
The opening credits provide you with your first warning: "Spike TV Presents." For a cable network that...
- 10/2/2011
- Cinelinx
Release Date: Nov. 8, 2011
Price: DVD $22.98, Blu-ray $29.99
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Taylor Schilling is executive Dagny Taggart in Atlas Shrugged.
Powerful forces trigger a global revolution in the 2011 science fiction-tinged mystery film Atlas Shrugged: Part I, an adaptation of acclaimed author Ayn Rand‘s best-selling 1957 novel.
Adapted for the screen by first-time writer John Aglialoro and Brian Patrick O’Toole (Cemetery Gates) and directed by Paul Johansson (TV’s One Tree Hill), Atlas Shrugged: Part I is the first installment in a planned trilogy, with Part 2 tentatively slated for release in 2012.
The story of Atlas Shrugged: Part I is set in 2016, when the country is on the verge of economic collapse. Young executive Dagny Taggart (Taylor Schilling, TV’s Mercy) runs one of the largest remaining railroads despite the problems created by her inept CEO brother, James (Matthew Marsden, Resident Evil: Extinction). To save the railroad from financial ruin,...
Price: DVD $22.98, Blu-ray $29.99
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Taylor Schilling is executive Dagny Taggart in Atlas Shrugged.
Powerful forces trigger a global revolution in the 2011 science fiction-tinged mystery film Atlas Shrugged: Part I, an adaptation of acclaimed author Ayn Rand‘s best-selling 1957 novel.
Adapted for the screen by first-time writer John Aglialoro and Brian Patrick O’Toole (Cemetery Gates) and directed by Paul Johansson (TV’s One Tree Hill), Atlas Shrugged: Part I is the first installment in a planned trilogy, with Part 2 tentatively slated for release in 2012.
The story of Atlas Shrugged: Part I is set in 2016, when the country is on the verge of economic collapse. Young executive Dagny Taggart (Taylor Schilling, TV’s Mercy) runs one of the largest remaining railroads despite the problems created by her inept CEO brother, James (Matthew Marsden, Resident Evil: Extinction). To save the railroad from financial ruin,...
- 9/23/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
If as a kid you loved walking the aisles of your local video store and picking out vaguely trashy, straight-to-video titles and watching (and most likely making fun of) them with some like-minded friends, then have we got a movie for you. It's called Madso's War, was written by Battle: Los Angeles scribe Christopher Bertolini and last week Fox dropped it on a DVD store shelf near you. And this week we've got a clip for you-- and it's amazing in a probably unintended, this-should-be-on-vhs-in-the-'90s kind of way. Plus, where else can you expect to find the hottie lead of the straight-to-video Tekken movie (Kelly Overton) seduced by the star of Anacondas: The Hunt For the Blood Orchid (Matthew Marsden)? Don't worry, it's a Safe For...
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- 9/12/2011
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
Everett Taylor Schilling and Matthew Marsden
“Atlas Shrugged” producer-financier John Aglialoro isn’t giving up on the famous Ayn Rand property he spent nearly two decades trying to bring to the big screen. Though box-office momentum for his independently financed “Atlas Shrugged – Part I,” the first of a planned trilogy, stalled in its second weekend, dropping a considerable 47.8% even after adding 166 theaters, Aglialoro is staying committed to the project and trying to learn from his mistakes.
“I underestimated the amount...
“Atlas Shrugged” producer-financier John Aglialoro isn’t giving up on the famous Ayn Rand property he spent nearly two decades trying to bring to the big screen. Though box-office momentum for his independently financed “Atlas Shrugged – Part I,” the first of a planned trilogy, stalled in its second weekend, dropping a considerable 47.8% even after adding 166 theaters, Aglialoro is staying committed to the project and trying to learn from his mistakes.
“I underestimated the amount...
- 4/30/2011
- by Anthony Kaufman
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
What I'm about to tell you doesn't matter. You've already made up your minds on what your thoughts are on the film and of Ayn Rand. Conservatives and Christians are so fucking paranoid as to their own personal worldviews that anyone disparaging a product in line with their own ideologies are trashing it solely because they harbor a bias. It can't possibly be because the final product is actually inferior. You're not interested in my dimestore second-hand interpretation of the Puritanical Gordon Gekko crackpot movement Ayn Rand hatched called Objectivism, but by virtue of her infusing her novel Atlas Shrugged with it I need to delve somewhat. I know going in, it's a fruitless endeavor -- like Emily Dickinson wrote, "Haters gonna hate." But regardless of whether you feel that America is a welfare state bleeding the rich to slake the slavering laggard poor, or that no matter if it's...
- 4/18/2011
- by Brian Prisco
Atlas Shrugged Part I is a movie brimming with so much frustration that you almost expect the screen it’s playing on to have an aneurysm. It’s an honest attempt at adapting difficult (frankly, non-cinematic) material, and it fails spectacularly on almost every level. Dagny Taggart (Taylor Schilling) is the brains behind a legacy railroading corporation that faces the internal dim-wittedness of its President, James Taggart (Matthew Marsden) and the external hell of a government bent on regulating businesses into non-existence. It’s a Dystopian 2016, but Taggart is on the verge of a sexy and profitable partnership with steel head Henry Rearden (Grant Bowler). He provides an incredible new metal product for her to reform her lines in Colorado, and the day might be saved. But with the government actively trying to redistribute the wealth, will success even matter? The profound problems of the movie are rooted in its structure. It...
- 4/16/2011
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Reviewed by Annlee Ellingson
(April 2011)
Directed by: Paul Johansson
Written by: John Aglialoro and Brian Patrick O’Toole
Starring: Taylor Schilling, Grant Bowler, Matthew Marsden, Graham Beckel, Edi Gathegi, Jsu Garcia, Michael Lerner and Paul Johansson
Among the central tenets of Objectivism, the philosophy at the center of Ayn Rand’s 1,000-plus-page tome “Atlas Shrugged,” are rational self-interest, individual rights and laissez-faire capitalism. When these entitlements are violated, America’s great innovators — from industrialists to artists, although the movie version focuses on the former — go on strike, leading to the collapse of society.
The same fate seems to have befallen the first attempt at adapting Rand’s controversial 1957 novel: Despite at one time attracting such filmmaking talent as screenwriter Randall Wallace (“Braveheart”), director Vadim Perelman (“House of Sand and Fog”), Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts, Russell Crowe and Brad Pitt, the project was ultimately rushed into production in order to avoid...
(April 2011)
Directed by: Paul Johansson
Written by: John Aglialoro and Brian Patrick O’Toole
Starring: Taylor Schilling, Grant Bowler, Matthew Marsden, Graham Beckel, Edi Gathegi, Jsu Garcia, Michael Lerner and Paul Johansson
Among the central tenets of Objectivism, the philosophy at the center of Ayn Rand’s 1,000-plus-page tome “Atlas Shrugged,” are rational self-interest, individual rights and laissez-faire capitalism. When these entitlements are violated, America’s great innovators — from industrialists to artists, although the movie version focuses on the former — go on strike, leading to the collapse of society.
The same fate seems to have befallen the first attempt at adapting Rand’s controversial 1957 novel: Despite at one time attracting such filmmaking talent as screenwriter Randall Wallace (“Braveheart”), director Vadim Perelman (“House of Sand and Fog”), Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts, Russell Crowe and Brad Pitt, the project was ultimately rushed into production in order to avoid...
- 4/16/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Reviewed by Annlee Ellingson
(April 2011)
Directed by: Paul Johansson
Written by: John Aglialoro and Brian Patrick O’Toole
Starring: Taylor Schilling, Grant Bowler, Matthew Marsden, Graham Beckel, Edi Gathegi, Jsu Garcia, Michael Lerner and Paul Johansson
Among the central tenets of Objectivism, the philosophy at the center of Ayn Rand’s 1,000-plus-page tome “Atlas Shrugged,” are rational self-interest, individual rights and laissez-faire capitalism. When these entitlements are violated, America’s great innovators — from industrialists to artists, although the movie version focuses on the former — go on strike, leading to the collapse of society.
The same fate seems to have befallen the first attempt at adapting Rand’s controversial 1957 novel: Despite at one time attracting such filmmaking talent as screenwriter Randall Wallace (“Braveheart”), director Vadim Perelman (“House of Sand and Fog”), Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts, Russell Crowe and Brad Pitt, the project was ultimately rushed into production in order to avoid...
(April 2011)
Directed by: Paul Johansson
Written by: John Aglialoro and Brian Patrick O’Toole
Starring: Taylor Schilling, Grant Bowler, Matthew Marsden, Graham Beckel, Edi Gathegi, Jsu Garcia, Michael Lerner and Paul Johansson
Among the central tenets of Objectivism, the philosophy at the center of Ayn Rand’s 1,000-plus-page tome “Atlas Shrugged,” are rational self-interest, individual rights and laissez-faire capitalism. When these entitlements are violated, America’s great innovators — from industrialists to artists, although the movie version focuses on the former — go on strike, leading to the collapse of society.
The same fate seems to have befallen the first attempt at adapting Rand’s controversial 1957 novel: Despite at one time attracting such filmmaking talent as screenwriter Randall Wallace (“Braveheart”), director Vadim Perelman (“House of Sand and Fog”), Angelina Jolie, Julia Roberts, Russell Crowe and Brad Pitt, the project was ultimately rushed into production in order to avoid...
- 4/16/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
I believe the first time I ever mentioned a filmed adaptation of Ayn Rand's controversial 1957 novel "Atlas Shrugged" was October 18, 2006 when Randall Wallace (Braveheart, Pearl Harbor) was assigned the task of scripting the film with Angelina Jolie attached to star as Dagny Taggart, in a story that follows Taggart's struggles to manage a transcontinental railroad amid the pressures and restrictions of massive bureaucracy. Her antagonistic reaction to a libertarian group seeking an end to government regulation is later echoed and modified in her encounter with a utopian community, Galt's Gulch, whose members regard self-determination rather than collective responsibility as the highest ideal.
11 months later "Atlas Shrugged" was back in the news when Vadim Perelman (House of Sand and Fog) was attached to direct as it was said Wallace had finally boiled Rand's 1,100-plus page book down to a 127-page script. At the time Jolie was still attached to star...
11 months later "Atlas Shrugged" was back in the news when Vadim Perelman (House of Sand and Fog) was attached to direct as it was said Wallace had finally boiled Rand's 1,100-plus page book down to a 127-page script. At the time Jolie was still attached to star...
- 4/15/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Strike Productions Taylor Schilling and Navid Negahban in “Atlas Shrugged: Part 1″
Conceived as the first installment in a suggested three part series based on the 1957 novel by Ayn Rand, “Atlas Shrugged: Part 1″ is set in 2016 and tells the story of Dagny Taggart, a railroad executive who attempts to keep her business thriving while society and infrastructure crumbles around her. The 102-minute film was shot in California and Colorado and stars Taylor Schilling, Grant Bowler and Matthew Marsden. Does the film deliver?...
Conceived as the first installment in a suggested three part series based on the 1957 novel by Ayn Rand, “Atlas Shrugged: Part 1″ is set in 2016 and tells the story of Dagny Taggart, a railroad executive who attempts to keep her business thriving while society and infrastructure crumbles around her. The 102-minute film was shot in California and Colorado and stars Taylor Schilling, Grant Bowler and Matthew Marsden. Does the film deliver?...
- 4/15/2011
- by WSJ Staff
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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