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Mark Ruffalo gives what might just be the greatest performance of his career in "Poor Things." Yorgo Lanthimos' dark Victorian-era sci-fi comedy casts the notoriously loose-lipped Oscar nominee as the lawyer Duncan Wedderburn, an-out-and-proud cad who falls hard for Bella Baxter (Emma Stone), oblivious to the twisted truth behind the mysterious woman's eccentric nature. However, as Bella's mind rapidly evolves and she begins to lose interest in Duncan, his debonair facade swiftly melts away, revealing that he's really nothing more than an insecure, entitled clown who would sooner pull his hair out and pettily sabotage Bella's attempts to lead a happy life of her choosing than allow her to end their relationship.
/FIlm's Jeremy Mathai rightly declared Duncan the best movie villain of 2023, praising both "Ruffalo's utter commitment to the bit and writer Tony McNamara's razor-sharp wit." It helps that Ruffalo tends to play good-natured and noble characters like...
/FIlm's Jeremy Mathai rightly declared Duncan the best movie villain of 2023, praising both "Ruffalo's utter commitment to the bit and writer Tony McNamara's razor-sharp wit." It helps that Ruffalo tends to play good-natured and noble characters like...
- 1/20/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
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cast and crew of “Poor Things” teased Mark Ruffalo about replacing him with Oscar Isaac — even bringing the other actor to set one day.
Despite having two Oscar nominations and starring in blockbusters such as “Avengers: Endgame,” Ruffalo sometimes grapples with imposter syndrome. The actor admitted this during a recent conversation with his “Poor Things” peers — director Yorgos Lanthimos, writer Tony McNamara and fellow cast members Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Ramy Yousef.
Ruffalo was offered the role of rakish attorney Duncan Wedderburn and recalled how he was sent the script. “I thought it was pretty amazing,” he noted. “But I doubted my ability to do it, to be honest with you. I was scared of it. Even to...
cast and crew of “Poor Things” teased Mark Ruffalo about replacing him with Oscar Isaac — even bringing the other actor to set one day.
Despite having two Oscar nominations and starring in blockbusters such as “Avengers: Endgame,” Ruffalo sometimes grapples with imposter syndrome. The actor admitted this during a recent conversation with his “Poor Things” peers — director Yorgos Lanthimos, writer Tony McNamara and fellow cast members Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Ramy Yousef.
Ruffalo was offered the role of rakish attorney Duncan Wedderburn and recalled how he was sent the script. “I thought it was pretty amazing,” he noted. “But I doubted my ability to do it, to be honest with you. I was scared of it. Even to...
- 1/18/2024
- by Jenelle Riley
- Variety Film + TV
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Mark Ruffalo recalled the moment he accidentally popped Channing Tatum‘s eardrum while they were filming 2014’s Foxcatcher.
The Poor Things actor appeared on the latest episode of Hot Ones, where he told host Sean Evans that the Magic Mike star “did ask me to slap the shit out of him.”
Ruffalo quipped that “it was easy to do because he’d beaten the shit out of me so many times” since the co-stars had “like four months of wrestling, of learning how to wrestle together” for the film.
The Bennett Miller-directed film explores the real-life story of wealthy heir John du Pont, who murdered U.S. Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz in 1996. Tatum and Ruffalo play brothers Mark and David Schultz, respectively, while Steve Carell plays John du Pont.
Ruffalo explained that Tatum had “30 pounds on me so when it came time to smack the shit out of him,...
The Poor Things actor appeared on the latest episode of Hot Ones, where he told host Sean Evans that the Magic Mike star “did ask me to slap the shit out of him.”
Ruffalo quipped that “it was easy to do because he’d beaten the shit out of me so many times” since the co-stars had “like four months of wrestling, of learning how to wrestle together” for the film.
The Bennett Miller-directed film explores the real-life story of wealthy heir John du Pont, who murdered U.S. Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz in 1996. Tatum and Ruffalo play brothers Mark and David Schultz, respectively, while Steve Carell plays John du Pont.
Ruffalo explained that Tatum had “30 pounds on me so when it came time to smack the shit out of him,...
- 12/8/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Mark Ruffalo appeared on “Hot Ones” ahead of the release of “Poor Things” and got asked about the time he accidentally popped Channing Tatum’s eardrum on the set of “Foxcatcher.” The 2014 sports drama, directed by Bennett Miller, starred the two actors as Olympic wrestlers Mark and David Schultz. Ruffalo played David, who was murdered in January 1996 by multimillionaire John du Pont (played by Steve Carell in the film) after John recruited the brothers to help train them.
“[Channing] did ask me to slap the shit out of him, and it was easy to do because he’d beaten the shit out of me so many times,” Ruffalo wisecracked when the topic of Tatum’s popped eardrum was brought up.
“It was like four months of learning how to wrestle together,” Ruffalo added. “He like has 30 pounds on me, so when it came time to smack the shit out of him,...
“[Channing] did ask me to slap the shit out of him, and it was easy to do because he’d beaten the shit out of me so many times,” Ruffalo wisecracked when the topic of Tatum’s popped eardrum was brought up.
“It was like four months of learning how to wrestle together,” Ruffalo added. “He like has 30 pounds on me, so when it came time to smack the shit out of him,...
- 12/7/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
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Ari Aster's 2018 film "Hereditary" contains a great deal of shadow-lurking, a scene of spontaneous human combustion, several decapitations, allusions to demonic powers, and at least one Satanic cult. However, if one were to ask a "Hereditary" fan about the film, they would mention Toni Collette's amazing performance before any of the above elements. They will also likely recall the scenes of sheer panic, the harrowing sense of guilt, and the unnerving presence of actor Milly Shapiro as the scary young Charlie. This is, of course, the way Aster wanted it. "Hereditary" may have supernatural elements, but it is, first and foremost, a story about the breakdown of the family unit. It's about intergenerational trauma and how our most grievous pains are handed directly to us by our mothers. It's a nightmare, but more in the Freudian sense.
"Hereditary" was edited by Lucian Johnston and Jennifer Lame, the latter...
"Hereditary" was edited by Lucian Johnston and Jennifer Lame, the latter...
- 11/28/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
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Much has been made of titles being quietly removed from HBO Max over the last few week, but while the number of films departing the service in September is substantial, at least subscribers have a heads up.
As is the case every month, various movies are due to leave HBO Max in September, and below we’ve got the full list of which films are leaving and when so you can prioritizing some viewing options. Noteworthy removals include the 2021 Warner Bros. thriller “The Little Things” starring Denzel Washington (leaving Sept. 16), the 2020 “Freaky Friday” horror riff “Freaky,” Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” films, the “Lethal Weapon” franchise, “Super 8,” “Tootsie” and the Nancy Meyers classic “The Holiday.”
Check out the full list of what’s leaving HBO Max in September below.
September 4
Meet the Patels, 2014
September 5
Turner Classic Movies: Follow the Thread, 2022
September 8
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies, 2018
September 9
Horrible Bosses 2,...
As is the case every month, various movies are due to leave HBO Max in September, and below we’ve got the full list of which films are leaving and when so you can prioritizing some viewing options. Noteworthy removals include the 2021 Warner Bros. thriller “The Little Things” starring Denzel Washington (leaving Sept. 16), the 2020 “Freaky Friday” horror riff “Freaky,” Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” films, the “Lethal Weapon” franchise, “Super 8,” “Tootsie” and the Nancy Meyers classic “The Holiday.”
Check out the full list of what’s leaving HBO Max in September below.
September 4
Meet the Patels, 2014
September 5
Turner Classic Movies: Follow the Thread, 2022
September 8
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies, 2018
September 9
Horrible Bosses 2,...
- 9/1/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
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Exclusive: Harry Connick Jr. (Dolphin Tale) and Mira Sorvino (Shining Vale) are set to star in the romantic comedy The Islander, from Cyprus-based filmmaker Stelana Kliris, which has also cast newcomer Ali Fumiko Whitney (The Road Dance).
The film shooting next month in Cyprus follows a has-been musician (Connick Jr.) as he moves, sight unseen, to a remote cliffside house on an island, only to discover his new home has an unfortunate notoriety. Through a series of charming mishaps, it turns out maybe love can be found right where he left it.
Kliris will direct from her own screenplay, and produce alongside Keith Arnold and Steven Shapiro. The project is from Uinta Productions (Tommy’s Honour) and Kliris’s Cyprus-based Meraki Films, in association with Das Films (The November Man), with support from the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture, and the Cyprus Film Commission’s incentives scheme. Pic will...
The film shooting next month in Cyprus follows a has-been musician (Connick Jr.) as he moves, sight unseen, to a remote cliffside house on an island, only to discover his new home has an unfortunate notoriety. Through a series of charming mishaps, it turns out maybe love can be found right where he left it.
Kliris will direct from her own screenplay, and produce alongside Keith Arnold and Steven Shapiro. The project is from Uinta Productions (Tommy’s Honour) and Kliris’s Cyprus-based Meraki Films, in association with Das Films (The November Man), with support from the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture, and the Cyprus Film Commission’s incentives scheme. Pic will...
- 4/28/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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Mira Sorvino has signed with Circle of Confusion for management, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned.
She can currently be seen in theaters as Dave Bautista's police captain in the 20th Century Fox action-comedy Stuber, also starring Kumail Nanjiani. Sorvino won an Academy Award for Mighty Aphrodite and received Golden Globe nominations for the Lifetime miniseries Human Trafficking and HBO's Norma Jean & Marilyn, the latter of which also earned her an Emmy nom. Her other credits include Trade of Innocents, Union Square, Reservation Road, Quiz Show, Summer of Sam and Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, as well as ABC's Modern Family, Crackle's Startup and Audience ...
She can currently be seen in theaters as Dave Bautista's police captain in the 20th Century Fox action-comedy Stuber, also starring Kumail Nanjiani. Sorvino won an Academy Award for Mighty Aphrodite and received Golden Globe nominations for the Lifetime miniseries Human Trafficking and HBO's Norma Jean & Marilyn, the latter of which also earned her an Emmy nom. Her other credits include Trade of Innocents, Union Square, Reservation Road, Quiz Show, Summer of Sam and Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, as well as ABC's Modern Family, Crackle's Startup and Audience ...
- 7/30/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Mira Sorvino has signed with Circle of Confusion for management, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned.
She can currently be seen in theaters as Dave Bautista's police captain in the 20th Century Fox action-comedy Stuber, also starring Kumail Nanjiani. Sorvino won an Academy Award for Mighty Aphrodite and received Golden Globe nominations for the Lifetime miniseries Human Trafficking and HBO's Norma Jean & Marilyn, the latter of which also earned her an Emmy nom. Her other credits include Trade of Innocents, Union Square, Reservation Road, Quiz Show, Summer of Sam and Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, as well as ABC's Modern Family, Crackle's Startup and Audience ...
She can currently be seen in theaters as Dave Bautista's police captain in the 20th Century Fox action-comedy Stuber, also starring Kumail Nanjiani. Sorvino won an Academy Award for Mighty Aphrodite and received Golden Globe nominations for the Lifetime miniseries Human Trafficking and HBO's Norma Jean & Marilyn, the latter of which also earned her an Emmy nom. Her other credits include Trade of Innocents, Union Square, Reservation Road, Quiz Show, Summer of Sam and Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, as well as ABC's Modern Family, Crackle's Startup and Audience ...
- 7/30/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Skydance bolstered its creative film and television production teams with the hiring of Julie Schwachenwald as Svp of television physical production and Matthew Ariail as vice president of television physical production, and promotion of Matt Grimm as vice president of motion pictures production.
In their new roles, Schwachenwald and Ariail will be responsible for managing the production and operations for the company’s current and upcoming slate of television series. Grimm is charged with bringing in new material, developing and packaging projects, and is involved in the creative development and production of the company’s upcoming films including 6 Underground directed by Michael Bay and starring Ryan Reynolds and The Old Guard directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood.
Fresh off the box office success of Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Skydance will begin shooting a Top Gun sequel, Top Gun: Maverick, and is currently in production on the latest installment of the Terminator franchise directed...
In their new roles, Schwachenwald and Ariail will be responsible for managing the production and operations for the company’s current and upcoming slate of television series. Grimm is charged with bringing in new material, developing and packaging projects, and is involved in the creative development and production of the company’s upcoming films including 6 Underground directed by Michael Bay and starring Ryan Reynolds and The Old Guard directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood.
Fresh off the box office success of Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Skydance will begin shooting a Top Gun sequel, Top Gun: Maverick, and is currently in production on the latest installment of the Terminator franchise directed...
- 8/20/2018
- by Dawn C. Chmielewski
- Deadline Film + TV
Author: Scott Davis
Writer/director Terry George’s new film, The Promise, arrives on UK shores this weekend amidst some resistance: the event it chronicles, the genocide of 1.5million Armenians from 1915, was one of the first modern genocides and has historically been surrounded in controversy. So much so that after the film was shown at last year’s Toronto Film Festival, IMDb registered over 57,000 one-star votes, which some commentators said was a campaign to downrate it by deniers of the genocide.
But none of that has derailed those involved in the film, particularly George, who says that the story was an important one that needed to be told, particularly as many modern audiences know little to nothing about the event. On the historical relevance, George told us:
“The fact that you don’t know much about the history speaks to the success of the Turkish governments who have repressed this...
Writer/director Terry George’s new film, The Promise, arrives on UK shores this weekend amidst some resistance: the event it chronicles, the genocide of 1.5million Armenians from 1915, was one of the first modern genocides and has historically been surrounded in controversy. So much so that after the film was shown at last year’s Toronto Film Festival, IMDb registered over 57,000 one-star votes, which some commentators said was a campaign to downrate it by deniers of the genocide.
But none of that has derailed those involved in the film, particularly George, who says that the story was an important one that needed to be told, particularly as many modern audiences know little to nothing about the event. On the historical relevance, George told us:
“The fact that you don’t know much about the history speaks to the success of the Turkish governments who have repressed this...
- 4/26/2017
- by Scott Davis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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The Toronto International Film Festival kicks off this week, and with it, the rest of a very busy fall festival season. In preparation for the Canadian festival, we’ll be rolling out a series of previews to point you in the direction of all the movies you have to see (or at least, all the movies you have to start anticipating right now). Next up, a batch of new features we’ve yet to see…and can’t wait to check out in the coming days.
“The Promise”
Oscar-winning director Terry George has been Mia from the big screen since 2011’s “Stand Off” (a little-seen Brendan Fraser vehicle that’s hardly worth mentioning) and the awards conversation since 2004’s “Hotel Rwanda” (though his subsequent film, the 2007 Mark Ruffalo-starring “Reservation Road” got a little love), but he seems poised to be back in a big way, thanks to a sweeping...
“The Promise”
Oscar-winning director Terry George has been Mia from the big screen since 2011’s “Stand Off” (a little-seen Brendan Fraser vehicle that’s hardly worth mentioning) and the awards conversation since 2004’s “Hotel Rwanda” (though his subsequent film, the 2007 Mark Ruffalo-starring “Reservation Road” got a little love), but he seems poised to be back in a big way, thanks to a sweeping...
- 9/6/2016
- by Kate Erbland, Eric Kohn, Anne Thompson, David Ehrlich, Chris O'Falt, Graham Winfrey and Steve Greene
- Indiewire
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Exclusive: Random House Studio, the production company behind the critically acclaimed Reservation Road a few years ago, just acquired the book Here and Gone as a basis for a feature film with James Schamus co-producing through his company Symbolic Exchange. The project, which is said to be very much in the vein of the box office hit Gone Girl and also with a strong female protagonist, is the first feature to come from the deal announced last week in which FremantleMedia N…...
- 7/28/2016
- Deadline
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There are, in every generation of filmmakers, certain archetypes that repeat themselves over and over. For example, every generation has its playful prankster, the talented visual artists who are delighted by their own ability to take beautiful pictures of horrible things. I’ll be the first to admit that I am drawn to filmmakers who use cinema as a way of pushing buttons, and I am a fan of the outrageous and the extreme. When I saw De Palma, the new documentary about Brian De Palma and his filmography, it sent me scrambling to watch a number of his older films again. They are so familiar at this point, so well-worn, that it surprised me to see how new they still feel when I took a step back. The next day, I went to a screening of the latest film from Nicolas Winding Refn, and the back-to-back timing of the two films made me laugh.
- 6/24/2016
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Chicago – The contemplation of beauty gets a little more truth in a new film by Nicolas Winding Refn (“Drive”) entitled “The Neon Demon.” It features Elle Fanning as Jesse, a naive girl who wants to break into the world of modeling, and does so in an unexpected way. The symbolic film has both strange drama and touches of horror.
Director Nicholas Winding Refn has been a known cinema force since his breakthrough with “Drive” in 2011. The Danish born filmmaker began his career in his native Denmark with the film (and subsequent trilogy) “Pusher” (1996). He built his reputation film-by-film, as the John Turturro starring “Fear X” (2003) next got him noticed. The Sundance Film Festival gave praise to “Bronson” (2008), nominating the film for the Grand Jury Prize. The breakthrough film “Drive” came three years later, and garnered two Oscar nominations. “The Neon Demon” is Refn’s tenth feature film.
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Director Nicholas Winding Refn has been a known cinema force since his breakthrough with “Drive” in 2011. The Danish born filmmaker began his career in his native Denmark with the film (and subsequent trilogy) “Pusher” (1996). He built his reputation film-by-film, as the John Turturro starring “Fear X” (2003) next got him noticed. The Sundance Film Festival gave praise to “Bronson” (2008), nominating the film for the Grand Jury Prize. The breakthrough film “Drive” came three years later, and garnered two Oscar nominations. “The Neon Demon” is Refn’s tenth feature film.
Elle Fanning and...
- 6/22/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
To call it disjointed is an understatement: Exposed is unintelligible. It feels like two completely different movies inelegantly Frankensteined together. I’m “biast” (pro): like Keanu Reeves
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Late one night, in a nearly deserted New York City subway station, Isabel (Ana de Armas) has a mysterious encounter with a luminous being who floats over the tracks, a creature the very religious woman takes to be an angel. The next morning, a cop is found brutally murdered on that very same spot at the station, and his partner, NYPD detective Galban (Keanu Reeves: John Wick, 47 Ronin), takes up the investigation. Isabel’s life unfolds from here as a sort of dreamy, magic-realism domestic drama: she lives with her in-laws while her soldier husband is deployed in Iraq, works as a teacher of young children...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Late one night, in a nearly deserted New York City subway station, Isabel (Ana de Armas) has a mysterious encounter with a luminous being who floats over the tracks, a creature the very religious woman takes to be an angel. The next morning, a cop is found brutally murdered on that very same spot at the station, and his partner, NYPD detective Galban (Keanu Reeves: John Wick, 47 Ronin), takes up the investigation. Isabel’s life unfolds from here as a sort of dreamy, magic-realism domestic drama: she lives with her in-laws while her soldier husband is deployed in Iraq, works as a teacher of young children...
- 2/26/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Crash, but Jesus-y. Scoffers and doubters will get their smackdown, but even believers should be skeptical at how this ridiculous roundrobin plays out. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): I most certainly do not believe
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Think Crash, but Jesus-y. (Oh dear, I mean the Oscar Best Picture Crash, not the people-who-get-turned-on-by-automobile-accidents one. A Jesus-y version of that would be quite disturbing.) The crisscrossing interactions of a whole bunch of different people are meant to inspire us, apparently, to accept the power of God to arrange outrageous coincidences so that they can all do good deeds for one another and, much more importantly, so that their good deeds pay off for them in a positive way. Whether you are so inspired is directly correlated to how much of a believer you already are, though even they should...
I’m “biast” (con): I most certainly do not believe
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Think Crash, but Jesus-y. (Oh dear, I mean the Oscar Best Picture Crash, not the people-who-get-turned-on-by-automobile-accidents one. A Jesus-y version of that would be quite disturbing.) The crisscrossing interactions of a whole bunch of different people are meant to inspire us, apparently, to accept the power of God to arrange outrageous coincidences so that they can all do good deeds for one another and, much more importantly, so that their good deeds pay off for them in a positive way. Whether you are so inspired is directly correlated to how much of a believer you already are, though even they should...
- 1/5/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
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Christian Bale, Oscar Isaac and The Walk’s Charlotte Le Bon are already all in the cast, but director Terry George isn’t finished filling roles for his new historical drama The Promise. He’s now adding Jean Reno and James Cromwell. The Hotel Rwanda/ Reservation Road director is calling the shots on this one, based on the script he wrote with Robin Swicord. The Promise is set in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire (the 1920s) and explores the relationships between three people: Michael (Isaac), a gifted medical student; Chris (Bale), a renowned American journalist working in Paris; and the beautiful and sophisticated Ana (Le Bon).Reno is aboard to play a French admiral who faces life-threatening danger and finds himself unable to act, while Cromwell will be an American ambassador who shows a heroic side when challenged. The cameras are rolling now in Spain and Portugal with George shooting through December.
- 9/30/2015
- EmpireOnline
It’s almost September and that means Netflix is about to refresh their content, for better or worse. Some of the notable titles leaving include: High Fidelity, Anchorman 2, and The Skeleton Twins. So if you haven’t seen some of these titles, plan your nights accordingly. We of course can look forward more than a few new titles including The Monster Squad, Moonrise Kingdom (pictured above), and The Walking Dead: Season 5.
Available 9/1
72 Dangerous Animals: Australia: Season 1
Arthur: Season 17
Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher (2014)
Battle Creek: Season 1
Blackbird (2014)
Capital C (2014)
Combustion (2013)
Da Jammies: Season 1
Divorce Corp. (2014)
Giggle and Hoot’s Best Ever! (2014)
Hamlet (1990)
Hardball (2001)
Heather McDonald: I Don’t Mean To Brag (2014)
Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version (1962)
Los hombres también lloran: Season 1
Masters of the Universe (1987)
Mississippi Damned (2009)
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: Volume 1
Mouk: Season 1
Our Man in Tehran (2013)
Pandas: The Journey Home (2014)
Person of Interest:...
Available 9/1
72 Dangerous Animals: Australia: Season 1
Arthur: Season 17
Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher (2014)
Battle Creek: Season 1
Blackbird (2014)
Capital C (2014)
Combustion (2013)
Da Jammies: Season 1
Divorce Corp. (2014)
Giggle and Hoot’s Best Ever! (2014)
Hamlet (1990)
Hardball (2001)
Heather McDonald: I Don’t Mean To Brag (2014)
Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version (1962)
Los hombres también lloran: Season 1
Masters of the Universe (1987)
Mississippi Damned (2009)
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood: Volume 1
Mouk: Season 1
Our Man in Tehran (2013)
Pandas: The Journey Home (2014)
Person of Interest:...
- 9/2/2015
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
New to Netflix in September are two kinds of undead: Season 5 of "The Walking Dead" and the revived-from-cancellation A&E series, "Longmire," which was saved by Netflix.
As far as movies, there's the restored version of the Oscar-winning 1962 epic "Lawrence of Arabia," Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom," the first three "Rambo" films, the terrific "The Bank Job" with Jason Statham and "Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom" with Idris Elba.
There are also period dramas you might have missed from last year with Jessica Chastain ("Miss Julie") and Mia Wasikowska ("Madame Bovary") and hey, "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl!"
Available September 1
"72 Dangerous Animals Australia": Season 1 (2014)
"Combustión" (2013)
"Da Jammies": Season 1
"Giggle and Hoot's Best Ever!" (2014)
"Hamlet" (1990)
"Hardball" (2001)
"Heather McDonald: I Don't Mean To Brag" (2014)
"Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version" (1962)
"Los Hombres también lloran": Season 1
"Masters of the Universe" (1987)
"Mississippi Damned" (2009)
"Mister Rogers' Neighborhood": Volume 1
"Mouk...
As far as movies, there's the restored version of the Oscar-winning 1962 epic "Lawrence of Arabia," Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom," the first three "Rambo" films, the terrific "The Bank Job" with Jason Statham and "Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom" with Idris Elba.
There are also period dramas you might have missed from last year with Jessica Chastain ("Miss Julie") and Mia Wasikowska ("Madame Bovary") and hey, "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl!"
Available September 1
"72 Dangerous Animals Australia": Season 1 (2014)
"Combustión" (2013)
"Da Jammies": Season 1
"Giggle and Hoot's Best Ever!" (2014)
"Hamlet" (1990)
"Hardball" (2001)
"Heather McDonald: I Don't Mean To Brag" (2014)
"Lawrence of Arabia: Restored Version" (1962)
"Los Hombres también lloran": Season 1
"Masters of the Universe" (1987)
"Mississippi Damned" (2009)
"Mister Rogers' Neighborhood": Volume 1
"Mouk...
- 8/31/2015
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
Although Christian Bale has had to put plans to star as Travis McGee in the adaptation of The Deep Blue Good-By on hold thanks to a torn knee ligament, he's still lining up other work for when he’s fully recovered. One such job is co-starring with Oscar Isaac in The Promise. Hotel Rwanda/ Reservation Road director Terry George is calling the shots on this one, based on the script he wrote with Robin Swicord. The Promise is set in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire (so the 1920s, then) and explores the relationships between three people: Michael (Isaac), a gifted medical student; Chris (Bale), a renowned American journalist working in Paris; and the beautiful and sophisticated Ana, with that final role of the triumvirate yet to be cast. All being well – and assuming Bale doesn’t break a leg or something – George plans to have the cameras rolling...
- 6/15/2015
- EmpireOnline
The Solution Entertainment Group will handle international rights to Emmy-Award nominated writer Maya Forbes’ directorial debut Infinitely Polar Bear starring Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are Alright) and Zoe Saldana (Star Trek), it was announced today by The Solution Entertainment Group’s (“The Solution”) founders and partners, Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel.
The film will make its world premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic section. ICM Partners will be handling Us rights.
The film is produced by Emmy-winning Wally Wolodarsky along with Paper Street Films’ Benji Kohn and Bingo Gubelmann (Happythankyoumoreplease) and Park Pictures’ Sam Bisbee and Galt Niederhoffer (Robot & Frank).
The film is executive produced by Bad Robot’s J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk, Paper Street Films’ Austin Stark, Soaring Flight Productions’ Ruth Mutch and Park Pictures’ Jackie Kelman Bisbee.
The year is 1978, and the Stuart family is struggling to hold it together.
The film will make its world premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic section. ICM Partners will be handling Us rights.
The film is produced by Emmy-winning Wally Wolodarsky along with Paper Street Films’ Benji Kohn and Bingo Gubelmann (Happythankyoumoreplease) and Park Pictures’ Sam Bisbee and Galt Niederhoffer (Robot & Frank).
The film is executive produced by Bad Robot’s J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk, Paper Street Films’ Austin Stark, Soaring Flight Productions’ Ruth Mutch and Park Pictures’ Jackie Kelman Bisbee.
The year is 1978, and the Stuart family is struggling to hold it together.
- 1/14/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It’s the rise of the machines as romantic dramedy, and the Singularity as romantic tragedy. It’s the nicest, gentlest sci-fi horror film ever. I’m “biast” (pro): love Spike Jonze’s movies
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It’s a familiar story of self-discovery and romance. Theodore is a lonely writer who can’t come to terms with his divorce — he keeps putting off signing the papers — and he’s just not interested in dating again. And then he meets Samantha. Their relationship is strictly platonic at first, but she’s smart, funny, considerate, attuned to his needs… and he falls for her, hard. She has no physical presence, of course, just a sexy Scarlett Johansson voice emanating from the smartphone-slash-supercomputer he carries around (as everyone else does in Theodore’s near-future Los Angeles). Sure, she’s an AI,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
It’s a familiar story of self-discovery and romance. Theodore is a lonely writer who can’t come to terms with his divorce — he keeps putting off signing the papers — and he’s just not interested in dating again. And then he meets Samantha. Their relationship is strictly platonic at first, but she’s smart, funny, considerate, attuned to his needs… and he falls for her, hard. She has no physical presence, of course, just a sexy Scarlett Johansson voice emanating from the smartphone-slash-supercomputer he carries around (as everyone else does in Theodore’s near-future Los Angeles). Sure, she’s an AI,...
- 1/6/2014
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Fifty Shades of Grey
Billy Magnussen ("The East," "Into the Woods") reportedly tested on Friday for the role of Christian Grey in the "Fifty Shades of Grey" film adaptation at Universal.
Magnussen is the latest name to join the list of contenders. Jamie Dornan ("The Fall") also reportedly tested on Friday, while François Arnaud ("The Borgias") and Scott Eastwood ("Texas Chainsaw 3D") are still in contention. [Source: Just Jared]
Untitled Cameron Crowe Project
John Krasinski ("The Office," "Big Miracle") is in talks to join Cameron Crowe’s untitled romantic comedy at Sony Pictures. Krasinski will play a military man and new husband to the ex-wife (Rachel McAdams) of Bradley Cooper's character.
Cooper plays a defense contractor who falls for an Air Force pilot (Emma Stone) after he's assigned to oversee the launch of a weapons satellite from Hawaii. [Source: THR]
The Mend
It has been revealed that Josh Lucas ("Sweet Home Alabama") is a...
Billy Magnussen ("The East," "Into the Woods") reportedly tested on Friday for the role of Christian Grey in the "Fifty Shades of Grey" film adaptation at Universal.
Magnussen is the latest name to join the list of contenders. Jamie Dornan ("The Fall") also reportedly tested on Friday, while François Arnaud ("The Borgias") and Scott Eastwood ("Texas Chainsaw 3D") are still in contention. [Source: Just Jared]
Untitled Cameron Crowe Project
John Krasinski ("The Office," "Big Miracle") is in talks to join Cameron Crowe’s untitled romantic comedy at Sony Pictures. Krasinski will play a military man and new husband to the ex-wife (Rachel McAdams) of Bradley Cooper's character.
Cooper plays a defense contractor who falls for an Air Force pilot (Emma Stone) after he's assigned to oversee the launch of a weapons satellite from Hawaii. [Source: THR]
The Mend
It has been revealed that Josh Lucas ("Sweet Home Alabama") is a...
- 10/21/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Emmy nominated actor Vincent D’Onofrio (Men In Black, ‘Law and Order: Criminal Intent’) and Rodrigo Santoro (300, Love Actually) are in final negotiations to star alongside Diego Boneta (Rock Of Ages), Golden Globe nominated actor Colm Meaney (Get Him To The Greek, The Damned United) and Seu Jorge (The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, City Of God) who have joined the cast of PELÉ, the inspirational drama about the legendary Brazilian soccer player, written and to be directed by Michael Zimbalist and Jeff Zimbalist, and produced by Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, Seine Pictures’ Ivan Orlic, and Kim Roth, and Colin Wilson.
Principal photography started on September 30 on location in Brazil. PELÉ will be executive produced by Pelé, Paul Kemsley and Exclusive Media.
Seine Pictures is fully financing the film and licensed Pele’s life rights from Sports Licensing International B.V.
The film’s creative team includes Academy...
Principal photography started on September 30 on location in Brazil. PELÉ will be executive produced by Pelé, Paul Kemsley and Exclusive Media.
Seine Pictures is fully financing the film and licensed Pele’s life rights from Sports Licensing International B.V.
The film’s creative team includes Academy...
- 10/2/2013
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Emmy nominated actor Vincent D’Onofrio (Men In Black, ‘Law and Order: Criminal Intent’) and Rodrigo Santoro (300, Love Actually) are in final negotiations to star alongside Diego Boneta (Rock Of Ages), Golden Globe nominated actor Colm Meaney (Get Him To The Greek, The Damned United) and Seu Jorge (The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, City Of God) who have joined the cast of PELÉ, the inspirational drama about the legendary Brazilian soccer player, written and to be directed by Michael Zimbalist and Jeff Zimbalist, and produced by Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, Seine Pictures’ Ivan Orlic, and Kim Roth, and Colin Wilson.
Brian Grazer said, “I’ve always been excited about the exploration of genius. PELÉ is that story. He is an inspiration to his country.”
Principal photography started on September 30 on location in Brazil. PELÉ will be executive produced by Pelé, Paul Kemsley and Exclusive Media.
PELÉ tells...
Brian Grazer said, “I’ve always been excited about the exploration of genius. PELÉ is that story. He is an inspiration to his country.”
Principal photography started on September 30 on location in Brazil. PELÉ will be executive produced by Pelé, Paul Kemsley and Exclusive Media.
PELÉ tells...
- 10/2/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: Conde Nast Entertainment Group, which launched under Dawn Ostroff to mine feature and TV properties from the archives of the publisher’s magazine stable, has unearthed two separate projects. Run by former Imagine and Fox Searchlight exec Jeremy Steckler, the feature division has set Fracture scribe Daniel Pyne to script The Camorra Never Sleeps, a drama about the notorious Naples-based criminal underworld that is based on the 2012 Vanity Fair article written by William Langewiesche. Conde Nast Entertainment Group has separately hired Reservation Road scribe John Burnham Schwartz to script a film based on The Horse Whisperer, a 2002 GQ article written by Robert Draper. The movie will certainly need a new title, but the article is based on the long-shot journey of Wesley Keith Ritchie, who went from a Kentucky prison inmate to being a horse rehabilitation specialist who found salvation through the broken down progeny of Triple Crown winner Affirmed.
- 2/21/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
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These Sundance films keep raking it in. Content has acquired foreign rights to Concussion, a drama about a fortysomething wealthy, married, lesbian housewife who gets beaned by a baseball and strangely reflects on a life that she realizes is wanting and leads her to lead a secret life on the side. As Deadline revealed late Monday evening, Radius-twc spent a 7-figure sum for North American rights, for a multi-platform release in a deal brokered by Paradigm. Here’s the Content release: Sundance – Content is delighted to announce the acquisition of all international rights to Concussion. The controversial but beautiful film premiered last weekend at the Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic section and has also been selected in Berlin’s Panorama, where it will screen next month. Directed and written by Stacie Passon, the cast includes breakout performances by Robin Weigert (The Sessions, Sons of Anarchy), Maggie Siff (Michael Clayton,...
- 1/24/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Photo Credit – Aidan Monaghan
Check out the first trailer for Whole Lotta Sole - the dramatic comedy directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker, Terry George (Hotel Rwanda) who co-writes the film along with Thomas Gallagher.
It stars leading comedic actor Brendan Fraser (The Mummy franchise), Colm Meaney (The Damned United), Martin McCann (Clash Of The Titans), YaYa DaCosta (The Kids Are All Right) and David O’Hara (Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1).
The film world premiered at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival and received rave reviews from critics.
Lightning Entertainment is representing international rights to the film and is selling it at the ongoing Cannes Film Market where it made its market premiere. Richard Guardian is serving as a consultant on the film for Lightning.
Whole Lotta Sole tells the story of Jimbo (McCann), who in a misguided attempt to protect his family and pay back gambling debts to the local mobster,...
Check out the first trailer for Whole Lotta Sole - the dramatic comedy directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker, Terry George (Hotel Rwanda) who co-writes the film along with Thomas Gallagher.
It stars leading comedic actor Brendan Fraser (The Mummy franchise), Colm Meaney (The Damned United), Martin McCann (Clash Of The Titans), YaYa DaCosta (The Kids Are All Right) and David O’Hara (Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1).
The film world premiered at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival and received rave reviews from critics.
Lightning Entertainment is representing international rights to the film and is selling it at the ongoing Cannes Film Market where it made its market premiere. Richard Guardian is serving as a consultant on the film for Lightning.
Whole Lotta Sole tells the story of Jimbo (McCann), who in a misguided attempt to protect his family and pay back gambling debts to the local mobster,...
- 5/22/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
After winning an Oscar for his short The Shore this year, Hotel Rwanda director Terry George is also finally returning to feature film territory after 2007′s Reservation Road. Premiering at Tribeca last month, Whole Lotta Sole sees the helmer switching to a more fun tone, with the story revolving around Brendan Fraser and a robbery in a Irish town. We were mixed on the film (full review here), complaining about his over-abundant subplots, but enjoying the overall light nature. The first trailer has arrived today and you can check it out below for the film also starring Colm Meaney, David O’Hara, Yaya DaCosta and Martin McCann.
Synopsis:
In a rowdy little corner of Belfast, hapless young father Jimbo Reagan is having an unlucky week. Indebted to big-time gangster Mad Dog Flynn for $5,000, Jimbo decides to knock over the local fish market, only to find out post-robbery that it’s...
Synopsis:
In a rowdy little corner of Belfast, hapless young father Jimbo Reagan is having an unlucky week. Indebted to big-time gangster Mad Dog Flynn for $5,000, Jimbo decides to knock over the local fish market, only to find out post-robbery that it’s...
- 5/22/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Joel Edgerton is one of Hollywood’s rising stars and it doesn’t look like that rise is going to slow down. Edgerton, who starred in last year’s hit Warrior and if you care he played Uncle Owen in Episode One: The Phantom Menace, is taking on the dual role of writer and star for his upcoming thriller Felony.
Here is a synopsis of the film:
Driving home after a celebration drink with his team after the long waited bust of a major gang, a decorated police officer (Edgerton) runs a young cyclist off the road. As he gives CPR to the child, fellow officers arrive to take his statement. In a split second decision he tells them a lie about the accident which will change all their lives
I like what I have seen of Edgerton so far, and I think the he is delving into people’s...
Here is a synopsis of the film:
Driving home after a celebration drink with his team after the long waited bust of a major gang, a decorated police officer (Edgerton) runs a young cyclist off the road. As he gives CPR to the child, fellow officers arrive to take his statement. In a split second decision he tells them a lie about the accident which will change all their lives
I like what I have seen of Edgerton so far, and I think the he is delving into people’s...
- 5/17/2012
- by rpmcmurphy
- GeekTyrant
Dynamic international distribution company Lightning Entertainment has picked up international rights to two new feature films making their market premieres; the comedy Whole Lotta Sole starring Brendan Fraser (The Mummy franchise) and directed by Oscar winner Terry George (Hotel Rwanda) and Kikoriki: Team Invincible, the Russian 3D animated-adventure comedy film from the Riki Group and produced by Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted), it was announced today by Robert Beaumont, President of Lightning Entertainment.
The dramatic comedy Whole Lotta Sole world premiered at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival and received rave reviews from critics, whilst Kikoriki comes to the market hot on the heels of its impressive $8.5 million box office run in its native Russia.
.Lightning continues to acquire top-notch material to present to international buyers with Whole Lotta Sole from the talented Terry George and the Russian animated adventure, Kikoriki: Team Invincible from powerhouse producer Timur Bekmambetov,. commented Beaumont. .Both films are highly accessible,...
The dramatic comedy Whole Lotta Sole world premiered at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival and received rave reviews from critics, whilst Kikoriki comes to the market hot on the heels of its impressive $8.5 million box office run in its native Russia.
.Lightning continues to acquire top-notch material to present to international buyers with Whole Lotta Sole from the talented Terry George and the Russian animated adventure, Kikoriki: Team Invincible from powerhouse producer Timur Bekmambetov,. commented Beaumont. .Both films are highly accessible,...
- 5/17/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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New York – In both his own films and his collaborations with Jim Sheridan, screenwriter-turned-director Terry George has invariably been drawn to serious subject matter, covering the Troubles in Northern Ireland (In the Name of the Father, The Boxer), the corrosive aftermath of family tragedy (Reservation Road), and true stories of an Ira hunger striker (Some Mother’s Son) or heroism in the midst of genocide (Hotel Rwanda). He takes an abrupt turn toward the light in Whole Lotta Sole. The calculatedly charming crime comedy could use a tad more vitality in its central character, played by Brendan Fraser,
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- 4/29/2012
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The title of "Whole Lotta Sole" is the kind of gratingly obnoxious flourish that makes you hate the movie immediately. First of all it sits in your mouth like a blob of half-chewed gummy bears; secondly, it sounds like a direct-to-video independent movie produced in the mid-'90s that the Weinsteins picked up on a whim; and thirdly its implied double meaning – it's the name of a fish market in the film but its phonetic weight means something too ("whole lot of soul") – is meant to deepen the movie but instead leaves you even more irritated. The movie is pretty much exactly like that – it tries to sugarcoat the British gangster movie (and we're using the "British" term pretty broadly; it's set in Belfast) and leaves you totally annoyed and unsatisfied.
"Whole Lotta Sole" is the kind of movie that revels in hanging out with eccentric ("quirky") characters in this Irish town.
"Whole Lotta Sole" is the kind of movie that revels in hanging out with eccentric ("quirky") characters in this Irish town.
- 4/27/2012
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
The 'Best Irish Short Competition' at the Foyle Film Festival this year will include 12 shorts which have never been screened to Northern Ireland audiences before. Highlights being screened in the competitions first package include 'The Shore' by Terry George (Hotel Rwanda, Reservation Road) , a story about a man who fled Northern Ireland during the troubles, returning 25 years later to try and reconcile with his childhood friend and former fiancée which stars Ciaran Hinds (Munich, Road to Perdition).
- 11/23/2011
- IFTN
After starring in J.J. Abrams‘ sci-fi thriller Super 8 this summer and Sofia Coppola‘s Somewhere last year, it seems that there isn’t much 13-year-old Elle Fanning can’t do. According to Deadline, Fanning will star in Sally Potter‘s latest project Bomb, along side Alessandro Nivola.
Fanning will play a teenage rebel who hopes to save the world from nuclear annihilation, but soon realizes that her family is the one that may end up exploding. Nivola will play her father, who is a charismatic writer in 1960′s London. After having an affair with her best friend, the two have a devastating fallout.
Taking into account her past films, like Somwhere and Reservation Road, Fanning is definitely a good fit for this angst-driven role. I’m intrigued by the casting of Nivola as well, but I think that the pair will work very well together for the dramatic narrative.
Fanning will play a teenage rebel who hopes to save the world from nuclear annihilation, but soon realizes that her family is the one that may end up exploding. Nivola will play her father, who is a charismatic writer in 1960′s London. After having an affair with her best friend, the two have a devastating fallout.
Taking into account her past films, like Somwhere and Reservation Road, Fanning is definitely a good fit for this angst-driven role. I’m intrigued by the casting of Nivola as well, but I think that the pair will work very well together for the dramatic narrative.
- 11/18/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
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The face of real-life financial evil may very well be portrayed on the small screen by an Academy Award winner: Robert DeNiro. HBO confirmed today to EW that it’s developing project, which would be produced by DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal under DeNiro’s Tribeca Productions company.
DeNiro would play Madoff, the infamous money manager who embezzled billions of dollars from his clients and is currently serving a 150-year prison sentence, in a made-for TV movie written by novelist Jonathan Burnham Schwartz (Reservation Road) and based partially on the books The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of...
DeNiro would play Madoff, the infamous money manager who embezzled billions of dollars from his clients and is currently serving a 150-year prison sentence, in a made-for TV movie written by novelist Jonathan Burnham Schwartz (Reservation Road) and based partially on the books The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of...
- 11/8/2011
- by Dan Snierson
- EW - Inside TV
"If everything moves along and there's no major catastrophes, we're basically headed towards holograms. Why can't you have Hamlet in 3D who comes out to the audience and does 'To be or not to be?' I mean, they do in the theater. You have to think that way. Don't let the economics, and fashion, inhibit you if you're being creative."
That's Martin Scorsese, as quoted by Todd Gilchrist at the Playlist. As Steven Zeitchik also reports for the Los Angeles Times, the comments followed an enthusiastic endorsement of 3D, which in turn followed this weekend's Los Angeles premiere of Hugo, Scorsese's adaptation of Brian Selznick's novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret. We saw a few early reviews last month when Hugo was still a work-in-progress. Zeitchik: "Set in the late 1920s, Hugo tells of the titular orphan (Asa Butterfield) who lives in a train station, his relationship...
That's Martin Scorsese, as quoted by Todd Gilchrist at the Playlist. As Steven Zeitchik also reports for the Los Angeles Times, the comments followed an enthusiastic endorsement of 3D, which in turn followed this weekend's Los Angeles premiere of Hugo, Scorsese's adaptation of Brian Selznick's novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret. We saw a few early reviews last month when Hugo was still a work-in-progress. Zeitchik: "Set in the late 1920s, Hugo tells of the titular orphan (Asa Butterfield) who lives in a train station, his relationship...
- 11/7/2011
- MUBI
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Robert De Niro has played gangsters, mafia dons and sociopaths, and now he's set to take on the biggest white-collar villain of them all: disgraced Ponzi-schemer Bernie Madoff.
HBO, in collaboration with De Niro's Tribeca Productions, has purchased the rights to the book 'Truth and Consequences: Inside the Life of the Madoff Family,' according to the UK Daily Mail. The biography, which will serve as the source material for the TV movie, was the basis for the Madoff family's recent '60 Minutes' interviews.
'Reservation Road' writer John Burnham Schwartz will write the screenplay, according to Deadline. The book 'The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust,' will also be used to inform the project.
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Robert De Niro has played gangsters, mafia dons and sociopaths, and now he's set to take on the biggest white-collar villain of them all: disgraced Ponzi-schemer Bernie Madoff.
HBO, in collaboration with De Niro's Tribeca Productions, has purchased the rights to the book 'Truth and Consequences: Inside the Life of the Madoff Family,' according to the UK Daily Mail. The biography, which will serve as the source material for the TV movie, was the basis for the Madoff family's recent '60 Minutes' interviews.
'Reservation Road' writer John Burnham Schwartz will write the screenplay, according to Deadline. The book 'The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust,' will also be used to inform the project.
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- 11/7/2011
- by Alex Moaba
- Aol TV.
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[1] Actors signing on to play real-life figures is nothing new, but casting, say, Jesse Eisenberg in the role of ordinary-looking dude Mark Zuckerberg is one thing. When the character in question is a larger-than-life icon whose unique looks and mannerisms are recognized all over the globe, that's something else entirely, whether it's Michael Douglas playing Liberace [2], Michelle Williams doing her best Marilyn Monroe [3] -- or Eric Bana rocking the King's pompadour. The Aussie actor has signed on to star as Elvis Presley in Elvis & Nixon, the directorial debut of Cary Elwes. Bana will also executive produce, through his shingle Pick Up Truck Pictures. Meanwhile, Danny Huston is in final negotiations to play the other title role, of U.S. president Richard M. Nixon. The story, which was written by Elwes with Joey Sagal and Hanala Sagal, revolves around a real-life visit that Presley paid to Nixon at the White House...
- 10/24/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
Exclusive: HBO’s movie about Bernie Madoff starring Robert De Niro as the disgraced financier is gaining momentum with the hire of Reservation Road scribe John Burnham Schwartz to write the script. HBO started the process in May when it optioned Diane Henriques’ non-fiction book The Wizard Of Lies: Bernie Madoff And The Death Of Trust, which is recounting the life of the imprisoned swindler and the $65 billion Ponzi scheme he concocted, and began negotiations with De Niro to play the lead. Now the high-profile project is moving to the next stage with ICM-repped Schwartz set to write a script based on Henriques’ book and additional source material I heard HBO is in the process of acquiring.
- 10/21/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
James Franco has pulled out of the upcoming film The Iceman, due to mysterious reasons, according to JustJared.com.
With a 2012 release date planned, the absence of Franco has the left a gaping hole in the already star-studded cast. Michael Shannon (Boardwalk Empire, Reservation Road) and Benicio Del Toro (The Usual Suspects, Che) star, with Ariel Vromen set to direct. We even posted a test scene that was shot for financing purposes.
Franco was set to play, Mr. Softee, the fellow hitman of infamous Mafia assassin Richard “The Iceman” Kuklinski, played by Shannon. Del Toro plays Roy DeMeo, Kuklinski’s boss and ally of the Gambino crime family. The film will chronicle the very bloody life of Kuklinski, who began killing at the age of 14 and managed to hide all his wrong doings from his wife, Barbara Kuklinski. His death count has been reported to be between 100 and 200 victims.
However,...
With a 2012 release date planned, the absence of Franco has the left a gaping hole in the already star-studded cast. Michael Shannon (Boardwalk Empire, Reservation Road) and Benicio Del Toro (The Usual Suspects, Che) star, with Ariel Vromen set to direct. We even posted a test scene that was shot for financing purposes.
Franco was set to play, Mr. Softee, the fellow hitman of infamous Mafia assassin Richard “The Iceman” Kuklinski, played by Shannon. Del Toro plays Roy DeMeo, Kuklinski’s boss and ally of the Gambino crime family. The film will chronicle the very bloody life of Kuklinski, who began killing at the age of 14 and managed to hide all his wrong doings from his wife, Barbara Kuklinski. His death count has been reported to be between 100 and 200 victims.
However,...
- 10/20/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Academy Award-nominated actress Carey Mulligan will be honored with the “Hollywood Supporting Actress Award,” Berenice Bejo, Jean Dujardin, Elle Fanning, Amber Heard, Andrea Riseborough, Shailene Woodley and Anton Yelchin will receive the “Hollywood Spotlight Award” at the Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony
Hollywood, Calif., Oct. 10, 2011 – The 15th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards, presented by Starz Entertainment, are pleased to announce that Academy Award-nominated Carey Mulligan will receive the “Hollywood Supporting Actress Award,” and Berenice Bejo, Jean Dujardin, Elle Fanning, Amber Heard, Andrea Riseborough, Shailene Woodley and Anton Yelchin will receive the “Hollywood Spotlight Award,” at the festival’s Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony, which will take place October 24, 2011, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
The announcement was made today by Carlos de Abreu, Founder and Executive Director of the Hollywood Film Festival. “It is a privilege to honor Carey Mulligan, Berenice Bejo, Jean Dujardin, Elle Fanning,...
Hollywood, Calif., Oct. 10, 2011 – The 15th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards, presented by Starz Entertainment, are pleased to announce that Academy Award-nominated Carey Mulligan will receive the “Hollywood Supporting Actress Award,” and Berenice Bejo, Jean Dujardin, Elle Fanning, Amber Heard, Andrea Riseborough, Shailene Woodley and Anton Yelchin will receive the “Hollywood Spotlight Award,” at the festival’s Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony, which will take place October 24, 2011, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
The announcement was made today by Carlos de Abreu, Founder and Executive Director of the Hollywood Film Festival. “It is a privilege to honor Carey Mulligan, Berenice Bejo, Jean Dujardin, Elle Fanning,...
- 10/10/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
New clips from Take Shelter, starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain Sony Pictures Classics' drama thriller helmed by , opens on October 7th in limited areas. Talented Shannon (Reservation Road, Bug, upcoming Man of Steel) is accompanied by Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life) as well as Tova Stewart, Shea Whigham, Katy Mixon, Natasha Randall, Ron Kennard, Scott Knisley and Robert Longstreet. Jeff Nichols reunites with Shannon after 2007's Shotgun Stories, scripting and directing Take Shelter. This is another indie offering I've listed as a must see.
- 9/21/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
New clips from Take Shelter, starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain Sony Pictures Classics' drama thriller helmed by , opens on October 7th in limited areas. Talented Shannon (Reservation Road, Bug, upcoming Man of Steel) is accompanied by Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life) as well as Tova Stewart, Shea Whigham, Katy Mixon, Natasha Randall, Ron Kennard, Scott Knisley and Robert Longstreet. Jeff Nichols reunites with Shannon after 2007's Shotgun Stories, scripting and directing Take Shelter. This is another indie offering I've listed as a must see.
- 9/21/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Science fiction and horror combine in time for Halloween as Mimic: Special Edition, from superstar director Guillermo Del Toro, is released on Blu-ray for the first time on October 31st 2011, courtesy of Studiocanal.
Originally released in 1997, this effectively creepy sci-fi horror was Del Toro’s first foray into American cinema and provided English-speaking audiences with an early glimpse of the genius that was to follow in modern classics as diverse as Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy and Blade II. This brand new version, re-cut by Guillermo Del Toro himself, is a revelation:
Cockroaches are spreading a deadly disease around Manhattan, claiming the lives of the city’s children. Entomologist Susan Tyler (Mira Sorvino – Mighty Aphrodite, Reservation Road) and her husband Peter Mann (Jeremy Northam – Enigma, Gosford Park) use genetic engineering to create the Judas Breed to kill off the deadly cockroaches. However, this deadly strain of insect evolves over time,...
Originally released in 1997, this effectively creepy sci-fi horror was Del Toro’s first foray into American cinema and provided English-speaking audiences with an early glimpse of the genius that was to follow in modern classics as diverse as Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy and Blade II. This brand new version, re-cut by Guillermo Del Toro himself, is a revelation:
Cockroaches are spreading a deadly disease around Manhattan, claiming the lives of the city’s children. Entomologist Susan Tyler (Mira Sorvino – Mighty Aphrodite, Reservation Road) and her husband Peter Mann (Jeremy Northam – Enigma, Gosford Park) use genetic engineering to create the Judas Breed to kill off the deadly cockroaches. However, this deadly strain of insect evolves over time,...
- 9/20/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
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Ta-daaa! Eleven years after You Can Count On Me and six years — six! — after it was initially filmed, we finally get our first look at Margaret, writer-director Kenneth Lonergan’s star-studded New York story about a teenage girl (Anna Paquin) who is suffocating with guilt over a fatal bus accident she suspects she may have caused. The clip is jarring, from the moment she asks an apathetic classmate (Kieran Culkin) to deflower her, to the sudden tragedy that changes her life. Yccom vets Mark Ruffalo (the bus-driver) and Matthew Broderick (a high-school teacher) appear, and Matt Damon, who plays a concerned teacher,...
- 9/1/2011
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
As definite favorites emerged from an incredibly strong selection of shorts, the winning list well-represented the demographics of the overall line-up. From 32 Australian short films in the festival, a few were sure to rise to the top – Elizabeth Tadic’s “Umoja: No Men Allowed” receiving the Grand Jury Award (while Christopher Stollery’s very funny “dik” was by far the most recommended film in the marketplace); and, with many well-known directors, there were always going to be some that ascended (Terry George – writer/director of “Hotel Rwanda” and “Reservation Road” – picked up $500 for his second place effort).
For the full list of winners, see below.
Jury Awards
Best Of Festival Award - The winner of this award is eligible to submit their film to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Oscar consideration.
Bahiya & Mahmoud (Jordan/USA), Zaid Abu Hamdan
Aging couple Bahiya and Mahmoud have fallen into...
For the full list of winners, see below.
Jury Awards
Best Of Festival Award - The winner of this award is eligible to submit their film to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Oscar consideration.
Bahiya & Mahmoud (Jordan/USA), Zaid Abu Hamdan
Aging couple Bahiya and Mahmoud have fallen into...
- 6/27/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
As definite favorites emerged from an incredibly strong selection of shorts, the winning list well-represented the demographics of the overall line-up. From 32 Australian short films in the festival, a few were sure to rise to the top – Elizabeth Tadic’s “Umoja: No Men Allowed” receiving the Grand Jury Award (while Christopher Stollery’s very funny “dik” was by far the most recommended film in the marketplace); and, with many well-known directors, there were always going to be some that ascended (Terry George – writer/director of “Hotel Rwanda” and “Reservation Road” – picked up $500 for his second place effort).
For the full list of winners, see below.
Jury Awards
Best Of Festival Award - The winner of this award is eligible to submit their film to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Oscar consideration.
Bahiya & Mahmoud (Jordan/USA), Zaid Abu Hamdan
Aging couple Bahiya and Mahmoud have fallen into...
For the full list of winners, see below.
Jury Awards
Best Of Festival Award - The winner of this award is eligible to submit their film to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Oscar consideration.
Bahiya & Mahmoud (Jordan/USA), Zaid Abu Hamdan
Aging couple Bahiya and Mahmoud have fallen into...
- 6/27/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released its annual list of invited new members, and it’s clear they’re continuing to try to make their membership younger. On the list alongside veterans like John Hawkes and David Duchovny are a slew of twentysomethings, including Mia Wasikowska, Ellen Page, Jesse Eisenberg, Mila Kunis, Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Lawrence, and Rooney Mara. The Board of Governors also decided to extend an invitation to Restrepo codirector Tim Hetherington, the first time Academy membership has been bestowed posthumously. As a side note, it’s also a hoot to now say the phrase Oscar voter Russell Brand.
- 6/17/2011
- by Dave Karger
- EW - Inside Movies
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