Actor Tom Hardy gave a highly praised and rewarding performance as Bane in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Rises. But he admitted that Rises, and films like it, can potentially be too limiting for actors.
Tom Hardy once explained what draws him to dark roles Tom Hardy | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Acting has always been an important part of Hardy’s life, and in some cases a blessing. The star’s tumultuous childhood included troubles with drug addiction and self-esteem issues. But acting gave him a positive means to channel his energy and find confidence.
“Acting channelled me into something. I found some self-esteem and thought, ‘I’m actually quite good at something,’” Hardy once said according to CTV News.
Hardy’s passion for acting would lead him towards having one of the most versatile and successful careers in Hollywood. The star has been known to gravitate towards heavy material. Films like Bronson,...
Tom Hardy once explained what draws him to dark roles Tom Hardy | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Acting has always been an important part of Hardy’s life, and in some cases a blessing. The star’s tumultuous childhood included troubles with drug addiction and self-esteem issues. But acting gave him a positive means to channel his energy and find confidence.
“Acting channelled me into something. I found some self-esteem and thought, ‘I’m actually quite good at something,’” Hardy once said according to CTV News.
Hardy’s passion for acting would lead him towards having one of the most versatile and successful careers in Hollywood. The star has been known to gravitate towards heavy material. Films like Bronson,...
- 4/15/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
‘Manifest’ Season 4 Part 1 Poster (Photo Courtesy of Netflix)
Netflix has set a November 4, 2022 premiere date for part one of Manifest‘s fourth season. Both part 1 and part 2 will consist of 10 episodes, however, Netflix did not confirm a launch date for part 2.
The streaming service picked up Manifest after NBC canceled the drama shortly after its season three finale aired. Season three ended on a cliffhanger, and the series never explained what actually happened to Flight 828 that caused the plane to land five years after it took off.
Netflix’s season four premiere date was announced on August 28th, a date Manifest fans celebrate in honor of the flight number at the heart of the drama. Netflix also honored that date when they originally announced they were picking up the series for one final season following its NBC cancellation, announcing the renewal on August 28, 2021.
The streamer picked Manifest up following a...
Netflix has set a November 4, 2022 premiere date for part one of Manifest‘s fourth season. Both part 1 and part 2 will consist of 10 episodes, however, Netflix did not confirm a launch date for part 2.
The streaming service picked up Manifest after NBC canceled the drama shortly after its season three finale aired. Season three ended on a cliffhanger, and the series never explained what actually happened to Flight 828 that caused the plane to land five years after it took off.
Netflix’s season four premiere date was announced on August 28th, a date Manifest fans celebrate in honor of the flight number at the heart of the drama. Netflix also honored that date when they originally announced they were picking up the series for one final season following its NBC cancellation, announcing the renewal on August 28, 2021.
The streamer picked Manifest up following a...
- 8/28/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
‘The Worst Person In The World’ opens in 126 sites for Mubi.
Universal’s action blockbuster Ambulance will look to end the three-session run of The Batman on top of the UK-Ireland box office chart this weekend; whilst Mubi sets The Worst Person In The World as one of its biggest-ever openings.
Directed by Michael Bay, Ambulance stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Eiza Gonzalez, in a story about two robbers in LA who steal an ambulance after their heist goes awry. It opens in 595 locations.
Ambulance is the 15th film directed by the polemical Bay; it is his first for Universal,...
Universal’s action blockbuster Ambulance will look to end the three-session run of The Batman on top of the UK-Ireland box office chart this weekend; whilst Mubi sets The Worst Person In The World as one of its biggest-ever openings.
Directed by Michael Bay, Ambulance stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Eiza Gonzalez, in a story about two robbers in LA who steal an ambulance after their heist goes awry. It opens in 595 locations.
Ambulance is the 15th film directed by the polemical Bay; it is his first for Universal,...
- 3/25/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
PBS announced the fall slate of “Independent Lens,” the documentary anthology series presented by Itvs. The new season will premiere on October 11.
The films cover a host of social justice topics, such as how racial injustice affects families, the fight for LGBTQ+ equality, generational trauma in Indigenous communities and more.
The first film in the lineup is “Cured,” directed by Patrick Sammon and Benett Singer. It focuses on the psychiatrists and activists central in the opposition of the 1970s idea that homosexuality was a mental illness. After that is Mobolaji Olambiwonnu’s Tribeca audience award-winning “Ferguson Rises” about a father and son organizing a movement after the police killing of Michael Brown Jr.
Additional films in the slate include Jerry Risius and Beth Levison’s “Storm Lake,” about a family-run newspaper in Iowa struggling to keep its small town informed, and “Duty Free,” about filmmaker Sian-Pierre Regis taking his 75-year-old...
The films cover a host of social justice topics, such as how racial injustice affects families, the fight for LGBTQ+ equality, generational trauma in Indigenous communities and more.
The first film in the lineup is “Cured,” directed by Patrick Sammon and Benett Singer. It focuses on the psychiatrists and activists central in the opposition of the 1970s idea that homosexuality was a mental illness. After that is Mobolaji Olambiwonnu’s Tribeca audience award-winning “Ferguson Rises” about a father and son organizing a movement after the police killing of Michael Brown Jr.
Additional films in the slate include Jerry Risius and Beth Levison’s “Storm Lake,” about a family-run newspaper in Iowa struggling to keep its small town informed, and “Duty Free,” about filmmaker Sian-Pierre Regis taking his 75-year-old...
- 8/12/2021
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
"A tender love poem from son to mother." An official trailer has debuted for an indie documentary titled Duty Free, made by filmmaker Sian-Pierre Regis telling his own story about his relationship with this mother. This first premiered at Doc NYC last year, and it will open in select theaters starting this May in the US - with a nationwide rollout planned. After a 75 year-old immigrant mother named Rebecca Danigelis gets fired from her job, her son takes her on a bucket-list adventure to reclaim her life. As she struggles to find any work, he documents a journey that uncovers the betrayals plaguing her past and also the economic insecurity soon to shape not only her future, but that of an entire generation. It's described in reviews as "an example of how family members can pull together in a crisis and come out stronger than before." This is opening on...
- 4/19/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Rebecca Danigelis was a 75-year-old housekeeping supervisor at a hotel when she was fired. She had $600 in savings and had cashed in her 401K to send her younger son, Sian-Pierre Regis, to college. She feels “diminished” without a job, we see her tearfully and bitterly tell her son. Regis, then a 32-year old television journalist specializing in pop culture, moves from New York to Boston to help his mother, and begins the recordings that form this documentary. Duty Free is warm, personal, beautifully structured and socially relevant as it creates a vivid portrait of its real-life heroine and the ...
- 11/16/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Rebecca Danigelis was a 75-year-old housekeeping supervisor at a hotel when she was fired. She had $600 in savings and had cashed in her 401K to send her younger son, Sian-Pierre Regis, to college. She feels “diminished” without a job, we see her tearfully and bitterly tell her son. Regis, then a 32-year old television journalist specializing in pop culture, moves from New York to Boston to help his mother, and begins the recordings that form this documentary. Duty Free is warm, personal, beautifully structured and socially relevant as it creates a vivid portrait of its real-life heroine and the ...
- 11/16/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Four years ago, Doc NYC was the first major film festival after the election. It was an appropriate time for the country’s largest showcasing of non-fiction cinema, much of which speaks to some of the most pressing issues of our time. That’s true again this year, but the mood is likely to be quite different, and so is the experience as a whole. Like most of the festival circuit this year, Doc NYC is going virtual, which means that people across America can stream all 108 features and 92 shorts over the course of eight packed days.
The lineup encompasses a wide range of subjects, from activism to police brutality and the role of creativity to parse an increasingly complex world. Here are 11 highlights. Browse the full lineup and purchase tickets here. Doc NYC runs November 11-19.
“A La Calle”
Following in the tradition of revolutionary documentaries like “The Square” and “Winter on Fire,...
The lineup encompasses a wide range of subjects, from activism to police brutality and the role of creativity to parse an increasingly complex world. Here are 11 highlights. Browse the full lineup and purchase tickets here. Doc NYC runs November 11-19.
“A La Calle”
Following in the tradition of revolutionary documentaries like “The Square” and “Winter on Fire,...
- 11/10/2020
- by Eric Kohn, Kate Erbland, Chris O'Falt, Tambay Obenson and Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Doc NYC, America’s largest documentary festival and staple of the New York film community, announced the lineup for its 11th edition, running online November 11-19 and available to viewers across the US. The program includes new films about John Belushi, Pope Francis, Bill T. Jones, Jamal Khashoggi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Frank Zappa, and many more. The 2020 festival lineup includes 107 feature-length documentaries among over 200 films and dozens of events. Included are 23 World Premieres, 12 international or North American premieres, and 7 US premieres. Fifty-seven features (53% of the lineup) are directed or co-directed by women and 36 by Bipoc directors (34% of the feature program).
World Premieres at the festival include Nelson G. Navarrete and Maxx Caicedo’s “A La Calle,” Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s “The Meaning of Hitler,” Gong Cheng and Yung Chang’s “Wuhan Wuhan,” Sian-Pierre Regis’s “Duty Free,” Noah Hutton’s “In Silico,” Nancy Buirski’s “A Crime on the Bayou,...
World Premieres at the festival include Nelson G. Navarrete and Maxx Caicedo’s “A La Calle,” Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s “The Meaning of Hitler,” Gong Cheng and Yung Chang’s “Wuhan Wuhan,” Sian-Pierre Regis’s “Duty Free,” Noah Hutton’s “In Silico,” Nancy Buirski’s “A Crime on the Bayou,...
- 10/15/2020
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Firelight Media, headed by veteran documentarian Stanley Nelson, has set the inaugural list of grant recipients for two programs designed to help develop documentary film projects.
Earlier this year Nelson launched the William Greaves Fund to help mid-career filmmakers get a lift toward producing their second film project. As Nelson told Variety‘s “Strictly Business” podcast in March, he knows how hard it can be to get going on a new project after pouring everything into a first labor of love.
“In our work within the Documentary Lab over the last decade, we have seen too many talented filmmakers of color leave the field because they cannot get proper support to make their next project. The William Greaves Fund is Firelight’s response to this persistent problem,” said Loira Limbal, Firelight’s senior VP of programs. “We’ve also consistently seen filmmakers of color struggle to get the resources they...
Earlier this year Nelson launched the William Greaves Fund to help mid-career filmmakers get a lift toward producing their second film project. As Nelson told Variety‘s “Strictly Business” podcast in March, he knows how hard it can be to get going on a new project after pouring everything into a first labor of love.
“In our work within the Documentary Lab over the last decade, we have seen too many talented filmmakers of color leave the field because they cannot get proper support to make their next project. The William Greaves Fund is Firelight’s response to this persistent problem,” said Loira Limbal, Firelight’s senior VP of programs. “We’ve also consistently seen filmmakers of color struggle to get the resources they...
- 8/21/2020
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
A year after losing her job, a 76-year-old woman has found a fresh outlook on life largely thanks to her son, who is helping his mother fulfill her bucket list, one adventure at a time.
Rebecca Danigelis was abruptly fired from her job in the housekeeping industry in September 2016. The job was a point of pride for Danigelis. As an immigrant who moved to the United States from England in the late 1960s, she felt being employed was inextricably tied to her self-worth. For Danigelis, losing the job that helped her raise her two sons—Sian-Pierre and Gabriel Regis—was nothing short of devastating.
Rebecca Danigelis was abruptly fired from her job in the housekeeping industry in September 2016. The job was a point of pride for Danigelis. As an immigrant who moved to the United States from England in the late 1960s, she felt being employed was inextricably tied to her self-worth. For Danigelis, losing the job that helped her raise her two sons—Sian-Pierre and Gabriel Regis—was nothing short of devastating.
- 10/12/2017
- by Jason Duaine Hahn
- PEOPLE.com
Andrew Blair Jun 16, 2017
As Father's Day approaches, we take a look at dads, through the eyes of Disney movies...
This article contains mild spoilers for The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Frozen, Moana, and Beauty And The Beast.
Picture the scene: King Triton and the Sultan are making their way through a bottle of Duty Free Glenlivet after a solid paintball sesh, having dinghied harmless crackpot Maurice due to his low social status and shan banter. At this point the Prince of the Forest walks in and they all bond over how difficult it is being a single parent powerful dude. It’s hard enough being a good dad and ruler without worrying about how dog memes are getting hecking incomprehensible these days. Can’t people see that they only want simpler dog memes and what’s best for their daughters? Maybe if they weren’t so headstrong and feisty...
Narrative Necessity...
As Father's Day approaches, we take a look at dads, through the eyes of Disney movies...
This article contains mild spoilers for The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Frozen, Moana, and Beauty And The Beast.
Picture the scene: King Triton and the Sultan are making their way through a bottle of Duty Free Glenlivet after a solid paintball sesh, having dinghied harmless crackpot Maurice due to his low social status and shan banter. At this point the Prince of the Forest walks in and they all bond over how difficult it is being a single parent powerful dude. It’s hard enough being a good dad and ruler without worrying about how dog memes are getting hecking incomprehensible these days. Can’t people see that they only want simpler dog memes and what’s best for their daughters? Maybe if they weren’t so headstrong and feisty...
Narrative Necessity...
- 5/23/2017
- Den of Geek
Jenny Morrill Dec 20, 2016
Russ Abbot, Bullseye, Noel Edmonds and a film we all watched in the same room. Christmas TV was more exciting in the 80s...
Cast your mind back to when Christmas Day wasn't about Doctor Who followed by sticking something on Netflix until it was time to go watch the annual fist fight outside the pub.
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In the 80s, Christmas was about seeing which fantastic fare the TV had decided to bless us with. Of course, the more prepared among us knew this well in advance, having eagerly pored over the Radio Times/TV Times to check that Jimmy Cricket's Family Laugh 'n' Waz would be shown. There it was – right after Reflections On The Eucharist With The Reverend Paul Leyland.
Russ Abbot, Bullseye, Noel Edmonds and a film we all watched in the same room. Christmas TV was more exciting in the 80s...
Cast your mind back to when Christmas Day wasn't about Doctor Who followed by sticking something on Netflix until it was time to go watch the annual fist fight outside the pub.
See related Looking back at Martin Scorsese's The King Of Comedy The Wolf Of Wall Street review The Wolf Of Wall Street & Scorsese's confrontational films
In the 80s, Christmas was about seeing which fantastic fare the TV had decided to bless us with. Of course, the more prepared among us knew this well in advance, having eagerly pored over the Radio Times/TV Times to check that Jimmy Cricket's Family Laugh 'n' Waz would be shown. There it was – right after Reflections On The Eucharist With The Reverend Paul Leyland.
- 12/8/2016
- Den of Geek
Brussels experienced a series of coordinated bombing attacks early Tuesday morning, killing at least 26, according to local media reports. Two explosions went off in Brussels Zaventem Airport's Departures Hall - reportedly not far from the American Airlines check-in desk - killing at least 11. A second attack occurred about one hour later at the Maalbeek Metro Station near the headquarters of the European Union. Officials said 15 were killed at the metro station, and at least 55 injured, with 10 people in critical condition. Both the airport and the city's metro system were immediately shut down. The attacks come just days after anti-terror raids...
- 3/22/2016
- by Peter Mikelbank and Philip Boucher
- PEOPLE.com
Brussels experienced a series of coordinated bombing attacks early Tuesday morning, killing at least 13 and injuring several dozen, according to local media reports. Two explosions went off in Brussels Zaventem Airport's Departures Hall. A second attack occurred downtown at the Maalbeek Metro station, approximately one hour after. Both the airport and the city's Metro system were immediately shut down. The airport explosions, described as being 'very loud', occurred just before 8 a.m. in the departures hall. Initial reports place the explosions at the American Airlines check-in desk, an area prior to airport security. Sky News correspondent Alex Rossi, who was...
- 3/22/2016
- by Peter Mikelbank and Philip Boucher
- PEOPLE.com
New York, Aug 16: Duty free shops at Japan's Narita International Airport have found the perfect solution for tired travellers- a foam pillow shaped like a woman's lap.
The Hizamakura 'Lap Pillow', which is not a new product, was introduced several years ago, but is apparently enjoying resurgence in popularity, ABC News reported.
It comes in two colours red and black.
According to the description on the web site JapaneseTrendShop.com, it is soft and elastic to the touch, and perfectly suited to laying your head on. (Ani)...
The Hizamakura 'Lap Pillow', which is not a new product, was introduced several years ago, but is apparently enjoying resurgence in popularity, ABC News reported.
It comes in two colours red and black.
According to the description on the web site JapaneseTrendShop.com, it is soft and elastic to the touch, and perfectly suited to laying your head on. (Ani)...
- 8/16/2013
- by Shiva Prakash
- RealBollywood.com
Feature Louisa Mellor 15 Apr 2013 - 07:00
With two episodes to go, we round-up the remaining question marks in the Broadchurch case. Speculation ahoy...
Spoiler warning: as ITV has kept episodes seven and eight of Broadchurch under wraps, the below contains no actual spoilers, just plenty of speculation on how the ending might unfurl.
At 10pm this evening, we’ll be one hour closer to finding out who killed Danny Latimer. Like those of Nanna Birk Larsen and Laura Palmer before her, young Danny’s murder has preoccupied the minds of a healthy chunk of TV viewers for the past six weeks, keeping us guessing, theorising, and mumbling about poor Vince the Labrador in our sleep.
With just two episodes of the Scandi-inflected small town murder remaining then, let’s put our heads together on the vital answers needed to deduce the identity of Broadchurch’s killer…
Before we start, it...
With two episodes to go, we round-up the remaining question marks in the Broadchurch case. Speculation ahoy...
Spoiler warning: as ITV has kept episodes seven and eight of Broadchurch under wraps, the below contains no actual spoilers, just plenty of speculation on how the ending might unfurl.
At 10pm this evening, we’ll be one hour closer to finding out who killed Danny Latimer. Like those of Nanna Birk Larsen and Laura Palmer before her, young Danny’s murder has preoccupied the minds of a healthy chunk of TV viewers for the past six weeks, keeping us guessing, theorising, and mumbling about poor Vince the Labrador in our sleep.
With just two episodes of the Scandi-inflected small town murder remaining then, let’s put our heads together on the vital answers needed to deduce the identity of Broadchurch’s killer…
Before we start, it...
- 4/14/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
The one thing that you can confidently say about Christmas is that it sticks to a very rigid routine. Straying from the path? No such hopes. Christmas sticks to a tried and tested formula, which begins right back in August when shops decide to promote their new ranges of festive stock. Just what you want in a sweltering August – to wander past a shop window and see rolls of Santa wrapping paper and cards.
The routine then steps up a gear in November, when it seems that there's no escaping the usual Christmas music, parping brass bands and squawking singers. Come December, and it's the usual maelstrom of turkeys, drunken parties and tightly packed shopping centres. Even the day itself tends to follow a very strict pattern – presents under the tree; ill-fitting clothes; Mrs Maj; too much dinner and booze; a snooze on the the sofa; smiles and good times in EastEnders.
The routine then steps up a gear in November, when it seems that there's no escaping the usual Christmas music, parping brass bands and squawking singers. Come December, and it's the usual maelstrom of turkeys, drunken parties and tightly packed shopping centres. Even the day itself tends to follow a very strict pattern – presents under the tree; ill-fitting clothes; Mrs Maj; too much dinner and booze; a snooze on the the sofa; smiles and good times in EastEnders.
- 1/29/2013
- Shadowlocked
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote more than 56 short stories and four novels covering the canon of one Mr. Sherlock Holmes of 221B Baker Street. The famous London detective and his faithful companion Dr. Watson had many adventures, including "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle," "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb," and "The Adventure of the Second Stain," None of which would make compelling 21st century blockbuster movie titles.
Thus, E! Online is reporting that Warner Bros.' second installment of Guy Ritchie-style Holmes will be titled "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows."
It's an appropriately mysterious, broad moniker for a movie series that plays up the action/cliffhanger beats of the character, and promises the thrills and explosions of the previous entry.
While many fans of Doyle are up in arms about the name, it would be ridiculous to expect Warner Bros. to actually approve of a $100-million+ movie...
Thus, E! Online is reporting that Warner Bros.' second installment of Guy Ritchie-style Holmes will be titled "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows."
It's an appropriately mysterious, broad moniker for a movie series that plays up the action/cliffhanger beats of the character, and promises the thrills and explosions of the previous entry.
While many fans of Doyle are up in arms about the name, it would be ridiculous to expect Warner Bros. to actually approve of a $100-million+ movie...
- 2/16/2011
- by Max Evry
- NextMovie
The cast of the Harry Potter films all reacted differently to the end of the series. For example, Emma Watson famously cut her hair and Daniel Radcliffe had an identity crisis. But Rupert Grint is reportedly adjusting to post-Potter life by buying a $320 toilet seat. But before you get all bent out of shape, just wait: not only does it have a heated seat, electronic lid action and a bidet built right in, but he bought it Duty Free! So when we put it that way, you can see that it’s a steal, right? Rupert was seen with his new purchase while passing through London’s Heathrow Airport today. He had just returned from Japan, where he bought the space age commode. Will it help him move on? Or will he stand in his bathroom a lot, screaming “Expecto Patronum!” and pretending it’s magic when he presses the automatic lid button?...
- 11/24/2010
- by Jordan Runtagh
- VH1.com
Five totally boss nostalgia-inducing websites Berry tempting: cherry esplanade Show your knotty side with loopy hair accessories Dos and don'ts on meeting the parents 10 great Father's Day gifts to honor a dad Sneak peek! H&M's Fall 2010 collection Support the gulf coast with beach art Learn more about HBO's Boardwalk Empire series How to successfully get through a Duty Free shop Five things to know about cellulite Ways to safely teach tugging to your pet Try these tasty tofu fries!
- 6/14/2010
- by PopSugar
- Popsugar.com
- Mother, my second pick for Duty Free Movies, took home Best Picture, Screenwriter and Actress at the Asian Film Awards last night. Magnolia Pictures began a limited Us run of Joon-ho Bong's latest film on March 12th and will be expanding it periodically, so keep your eyes peeled for listings at your local art house theater. Hopefully the win gives it an even wider release (I doubt it will).
- AngryFilms, the outfit owned by producer Don Murphy, has wisely optioned the film rights to Little Brother, a great young adult novel from BoingBoing.net co-editor and sci-fi author Cory Doctorow. The search is currently on for writers and directors.
- According to Pajiba, who dutifully note that this rumor comes from someone other than their usually reliable birdy, Rachel McAdams is attached to take on the Belen Rueda role in the Mark Pellington (The Mothman Prophecies) directed...
- 3/23/2010
- by Peter Hall
- Cinematical
There's got to be a graph somewhere for the projected figures for mobile boarding pass usage--and boy, is that red line going to be a steep, north face of the Eiger-esque uphill trek. Trinity Mobile has just announced a 1,200% increase in the use of mobile boarding passes by airline passengers in the past year. While 2008 saw just 50,000 travelers take advantage of the technology, which works by using a scanner to read the Qr code directly off the display of your smartphone, in 2009, that number had increased to 600,000.
But the news gets better and better for the poor little trees, who used to be cut down in their prime to make those fiddly bits of card that inevitably got lost between check-in and departure gate--i.e., in the Whisky section of the Duty Free shop. This year, 2 billion mobile boarding passes are expected to be used, while 2014 sees that figure rise to 15 billion.
But the news gets better and better for the poor little trees, who used to be cut down in their prime to make those fiddly bits of card that inevitably got lost between check-in and departure gate--i.e., in the Whisky section of the Duty Free shop. This year, 2 billion mobile boarding passes are expected to be used, while 2014 sees that figure rise to 15 billion.
- 3/3/2010
- by Addy Dugdale
- Fast Company
[Welcome to Duty Free Movies, a new little corner of Cinematical where we'll be highlighting quality import discs from around the world. Given my bend for horror, sci-fi, and Asian movies, a good number of imports on my shelf fall under that realm, but I'll do my best to spread the love around to other genres as well.]
Mother, the latest film from Joon-ho Bong (The Host, Memories of Murder), will get a limited theatrical run in the Us starting March 12. That's great news for fans of the South Korean filmmaker, for Mother is definitely worth seeing on the big screen; if you happen to live in a major city like New York, L.A. or Chicago, that is. For those who are normally left in the lurch on limited releases, however, your best bet is to go ahead and import the Korean Blu-ray.
As with The Good, the Bad, the Weird (and hopefully all entries in Duty Free Movies), Cj Entertainment's disc is Region A, so it should play problem free in any Us Blu-ray player. However, unlike Tgbtw, this disc isn't part of Cj Ent's limited collector's edition lineup, so the packaging isn't quite as extravagant. There are no physical extras beyond the disc and...
Mother, the latest film from Joon-ho Bong (The Host, Memories of Murder), will get a limited theatrical run in the Us starting March 12. That's great news for fans of the South Korean filmmaker, for Mother is definitely worth seeing on the big screen; if you happen to live in a major city like New York, L.A. or Chicago, that is. For those who are normally left in the lurch on limited releases, however, your best bet is to go ahead and import the Korean Blu-ray.
As with The Good, the Bad, the Weird (and hopefully all entries in Duty Free Movies), Cj Entertainment's disc is Region A, so it should play problem free in any Us Blu-ray player. However, unlike Tgbtw, this disc isn't part of Cj Ent's limited collector's edition lineup, so the packaging isn't quite as extravagant. There are no physical extras beyond the disc and...
- 2/17/2010
- by Peter Hall
- Cinematical
[Welcome to Duty Free Movies, a new little corner of Cinematical where we'll be highlighting quality import discs from around the world. Given my bend for horror, sci-fi, and Asian movies, a good number of imports on my shelf fall under that realm, but I'll do my best to spread the love around to other genres as well. Note: Depending on where you buy the title from, you will likely have to pay tax on the disc; I just like the name Duty Free Movies.]
Hopefully you've already seen Ji-Woon Kim's (A Bittersweet Life, A Tale of Two Sisters) delightful genre-bender The Good, The Bad, The Weird in one capacity or another. This stylish Korean riff on spaghetti westerns and heist films starring Kang-ho Song (The Host, Memories of Murder), Byung-hun Lee (G.I. Joe, A Bittersweet Life), and Woo-sung Jung (Restless, A Moment to Remember) made laps around the festival circuit in 2008, but it's been lacking Us distribution since then. IFC will be giving the film a theatrical run in NYC this April, but there's no reason to wait that long when there is a superb Blu-ray available from Korea for the reasonable price of ~$33.
Now to preempt any doubt, yes, this particular disc will play in your Region A Blu-ray player without any special equipment or region-code finagling, because, well, it's a Region A disc. In fact, my PS3 is relishing in its beauty as I type,...
Hopefully you've already seen Ji-Woon Kim's (A Bittersweet Life, A Tale of Two Sisters) delightful genre-bender The Good, The Bad, The Weird in one capacity or another. This stylish Korean riff on spaghetti westerns and heist films starring Kang-ho Song (The Host, Memories of Murder), Byung-hun Lee (G.I. Joe, A Bittersweet Life), and Woo-sung Jung (Restless, A Moment to Remember) made laps around the festival circuit in 2008, but it's been lacking Us distribution since then. IFC will be giving the film a theatrical run in NYC this April, but there's no reason to wait that long when there is a superb Blu-ray available from Korea for the reasonable price of ~$33.
Now to preempt any doubt, yes, this particular disc will play in your Region A Blu-ray player without any special equipment or region-code finagling, because, well, it's a Region A disc. In fact, my PS3 is relishing in its beauty as I type,...
- 1/22/2010
- by Peter Hall
- Cinematical
Be ready to be star-struck! Celebrity spotting enters a new realm as A-list stars from around the world descend on Dubai for the sixth edition of the Dubai International Film Festival (Diff) from December 9 to 16.Diff Chairman Abdulhamid Juma said the celebrity attendance at Diff 2009 reflects the increasing global appeal of the festival. .These celebrities are not making a nominal appearance but most of them are integral part of movies that are being screened at Diff, making their presence even more relevant..Headlining the celebrity list from Hollywood is Gerald Butler, the Ps, I Love You and The Ugly Truth star, who will receive the Variety International Star of the Year at Diff.He joins a power-pack including Matt Dillon, Oscar-nominated for his performance in Crash; Christina Ricci (Penelope); Mandy Moore (Licence to Wed); Christopher Lambert (Southland Tales) and Jason Flemying (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button). Broken Embraces star...
- 12/8/2009
- Filmicafe
London -- The Dubai International Film Festival plans to stage its sixth edition this year despite the emirate being in financial meltdown and stock markets across the globe plummeting amid exposure to its debt crisis.
Putting on a positive front early Tuesday, festival organizers unveiled a glittering lineup of movies, including James Cameron's "Avatar," enough to make other festivals blue with envy. The lineup also boasts Rob Marshall's big-screen adaptation of stage musical "Nine" as its Dec. 9 opener.
As Tuesday dawned here, stocks crashed again across the Middle East as the Dubai debt crisis rumbled on.
The president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa, issued a statement through the state news agency backing Dubai's leadership. But organizers of the film festival were reticent in coming up with a statement with organizers, declining comment at time of going to press. It is unclear whether this year's event would...
Putting on a positive front early Tuesday, festival organizers unveiled a glittering lineup of movies, including James Cameron's "Avatar," enough to make other festivals blue with envy. The lineup also boasts Rob Marshall's big-screen adaptation of stage musical "Nine" as its Dec. 9 opener.
As Tuesday dawned here, stocks crashed again across the Middle East as the Dubai debt crisis rumbled on.
The president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa, issued a statement through the state news agency backing Dubai's leadership. But organizers of the film festival were reticent in coming up with a statement with organizers, declining comment at time of going to press. It is unclear whether this year's event would...
- 12/1/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Flashbulbs, red carpet, star spotting and the first-ever screening of a much-awaited movie . the line-up for the much-anticipated Diff celebrity Galas at Madinat Arena has been revealed.Rob Marshall.s Nine, a sumptuous multi-layered adaptation of the popular stage play will open the 6th edition of the week-long Festival on December 9. Starring Daniel Day Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson and Sophia Loren, the film depicts the midlife crisis of a director struggling with creativity which leads him into a series of complicated romantic entanglements- including his wife, his mistress and his muse. The acclaimed director of Chicago (winner of six Oscars including Best Picture) and Memoirs of a Geisha, Marshall is scheduled to direct the next installment of Pirates of the Caribbean. .Joining the opening film are some of the finest and eagerly awaited movies including world premiere of City of Life, the first...
- 12/1/2009
- Filmicafe
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