Back in the day, the ratings for TBS' original shows were low, but the cable channel was committed to airing its own scripted series. Oh, how times have changed. Which will be cancelled, and which will be renewed? Will TBS become a significant player again someday in the future? Stay tuned.
Scripted TBS shows listed: American Dad!, Angie Tribeca, Chad, Clipped, Cougar Town, The Detour, Final Space, Ground Floor, The Guest Book, The Last Og, Miracle Workers, People of Earth, Search Party, Sullivan & Son, Wrecked, and Your Family or Mine.
Last update: Most recent ratings added for American Dad!
There's lots of data that execs look at when deciding whether to renew or cancel a TV series. The ratings for initial airings don't play as large a role as they do on commercial stations but they are still an indication...
Scripted TBS shows listed: American Dad!, Angie Tribeca, Chad, Clipped, Cougar Town, The Detour, Final Space, Ground Floor, The Guest Book, The Last Og, Miracle Workers, People of Earth, Search Party, Sullivan & Son, Wrecked, and Your Family or Mine.
Last update: Most recent ratings added for American Dad!
There's lots of data that execs look at when deciding whether to renew or cancel a TV series. The ratings for initial airings don't play as large a role as they do on commercial stations but they are still an indication...
- 12/20/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Mediawan, one of Europe’s most thriving independent production-distribution groups, is looking to expand its leadership further into Europe with the acquisition of Lagardere Studios and a minority stake in Madrid-based banner Weekend Studio.
Following last month’s clearance by the anti-trust board, Mediawan has finalized its takeover of Lagardere Studios, an expansive French TV producer-distributor comprised of 27 companies, including the Spanish banner Boomerang, whose hit series include “The Time in Between” and “Mum detective;” Atlantique Productions, whose credits include Damien Chazelle’s Netflix series “The Eddy”; and Imagissime, the documentary producers behind hit Netflix documentary series “Who Killed Little Gregory?”
Pierre-Antoine Capton, chairman of Mediawan, said the company is now getting ready to integrate Lagardere Studios’ talent and labels into the org and is preparing to reorganize in order to create more synergies.
“With these new acquisitions we are going to strengthen our footprint in Spain, the Netherlands and Finland,...
Following last month’s clearance by the anti-trust board, Mediawan has finalized its takeover of Lagardere Studios, an expansive French TV producer-distributor comprised of 27 companies, including the Spanish banner Boomerang, whose hit series include “The Time in Between” and “Mum detective;” Atlantique Productions, whose credits include Damien Chazelle’s Netflix series “The Eddy”; and Imagissime, the documentary producers behind hit Netflix documentary series “Who Killed Little Gregory?”
Pierre-Antoine Capton, chairman of Mediawan, said the company is now getting ready to integrate Lagardere Studios’ talent and labels into the org and is preparing to reorganize in order to create more synergies.
“With these new acquisitions we are going to strengthen our footprint in Spain, the Netherlands and Finland,...
- 11/10/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Vice has hired and promoted 20 people to help strengthen its ever-expanding global news and audio operation. This includes Arielle Duhaime-Ross who is set return to Vice News as an on-air correspondent and host of the new podcast Vice News Reports in partnership with iHeartRadio, which is set to debut this fall.
As newsrooms across the country look to diversify the voices on their staff, the new additions and promotions include award-winning journalists across several teams, including Vice Media Group’s recently announced international news banner, Vice World News.
Duhaime-Ross comes from vox.com, where she hosted the technology and science podcast Reset. Prior to joining vox.com, she was the first climate change correspondent in US nightly news, for Vice News Tonight. Duhaime-Ross is the recipient of the Science in Society Journalism Award, the Silver Aaas Kavli Science Journalism Award, and the Herb Lampert Science in Society Emerging Journalist Award,...
As newsrooms across the country look to diversify the voices on their staff, the new additions and promotions include award-winning journalists across several teams, including Vice Media Group’s recently announced international news banner, Vice World News.
Duhaime-Ross comes from vox.com, where she hosted the technology and science podcast Reset. Prior to joining vox.com, she was the first climate change correspondent in US nightly news, for Vice News Tonight. Duhaime-Ross is the recipient of the Science in Society Journalism Award, the Silver Aaas Kavli Science Journalism Award, and the Herb Lampert Science in Society Emerging Journalist Award,...
- 8/13/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Move over, Milo Ventimiglia!
Mandy Moore introduced the world to the original Milo in her life by sharing an adorable flashback photo on Friday. In the vintage snap, a young Moore is pictured with a huge grin on her face, lying on the ground and cuddling an orange cat.
"Me and the first Milo in my life," she captioned the pic, noting that the furry feline was "named after the movie Milo and Otis, duh." Moore hashtagged the post with "#CatsForLife" for good measure.
Watch: 'This Is Us': Randall and William Absolutely Wrecked Us in the Most Gut-Wrenching Episode Yet
The This Is Us star doesn't exactly reveal which Milo is her favorite, but she did recently call Ventimiglia her "other half" in a sweet interview with Et.
"At this point, it's like he's my other half," she said in January. "I saw him this morning and I was like, 'I haven't...
Mandy Moore introduced the world to the original Milo in her life by sharing an adorable flashback photo on Friday. In the vintage snap, a young Moore is pictured with a huge grin on her face, lying on the ground and cuddling an orange cat.
"Me and the first Milo in my life," she captioned the pic, noting that the furry feline was "named after the movie Milo and Otis, duh." Moore hashtagged the post with "#CatsForLife" for good measure.
Watch: 'This Is Us': Randall and William Absolutely Wrecked Us in the Most Gut-Wrenching Episode Yet
The This Is Us star doesn't exactly reveal which Milo is her favorite, but she did recently call Ventimiglia her "other half" in a sweet interview with Et.
"At this point, it's like he's my other half," she said in January. "I saw him this morning and I was like, 'I haven't...
- 2/24/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Producers Kyle Mann and Michael Risley have launched development, production and financing company Drive Productions focused on elevated genre.
Mann and Risley are based in Los Angeles and Vancouver and say they have raised closed to $2m for development funds.
“The quality of the script is paramount, however there has been a dangerous decline in development financing for projects with unforeseen potential,” said Mann, whose latest comedy Teen Lust (pictured) premieres in Toronto.
“Drive is looking to invest in innovative pitches, books and scripts and is seeking to build relationships with distributors and talent agencies in order to help fill the development shortfall in the marketplace.”
The development slate includes college-set comedy The Arrangement, dark comedy TV series Blackcomb, thriller Beyond The Stars and WWII thriller Undaunted.
The partners are in pre-production on psychological thrillers Backcountry and The Estate.
Mann’s credits include Wrecked. Risley produced Toronto 2011 selection Revolution #9, among others.
Mann and Risley are based in Los Angeles and Vancouver and say they have raised closed to $2m for development funds.
“The quality of the script is paramount, however there has been a dangerous decline in development financing for projects with unforeseen potential,” said Mann, whose latest comedy Teen Lust (pictured) premieres in Toronto.
“Drive is looking to invest in innovative pitches, books and scripts and is seeking to build relationships with distributors and talent agencies in order to help fill the development shortfall in the marketplace.”
The development slate includes college-set comedy The Arrangement, dark comedy TV series Blackcomb, thriller Beyond The Stars and WWII thriller Undaunted.
The partners are in pre-production on psychological thrillers Backcountry and The Estate.
Mann’s credits include Wrecked. Risley produced Toronto 2011 selection Revolution #9, among others.
- 9/6/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Susan Sarandon plays a small-town detective tasked with tracking down a serial killer in a new trailer for The Calling.
Sarandon portrays Hazel Micallef, who faces the biggest investigation of her policing career after stumbling upon a brutal murder.
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Hazel soon finds that a serial killer is on the loose, and his murders could be religiously motivated.
Topher Grace plays one of Hazel's deputies, while Donald Sutherland is a priest who helps her discover the religious symbolism that the killer is using.
The Calling has been directed by South Africa's Jason Stone, who has previously produced This Is the End and Wrecked.
Stone's latest movie will be released on August 29 in the Us and on October 10 in the UK.
Sarandon portrays Hazel Micallef, who faces the biggest investigation of her policing career after stumbling upon a brutal murder.
Susan Sarandon: 'Thelma & Louise sequel ideas were ridiculous'
Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis recreate Thelma & Louise 'selfie'
Hazel soon finds that a serial killer is on the loose, and his murders could be religiously motivated.
Topher Grace plays one of Hazel's deputies, while Donald Sutherland is a priest who helps her discover the religious symbolism that the killer is using.
The Calling has been directed by South Africa's Jason Stone, who has previously produced This Is the End and Wrecked.
Stone's latest movie will be released on August 29 in the Us and on October 10 in the UK.
- 7/27/2014
- Digital Spy
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: June 17, 2014
Price: DVD $29.98, Blu-ray $39.99
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
King of quirky films Wes Anderson (Rushmore) wowed critics and moviegoers with his comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel.
The film gathers a bunch of stars, led by Ralph Fiennes (The Invisible Woman) as Gustave H., the legendary concierge at the famous European hotel. Inspired by the works of Stefan Zweig, the movie follows Gustave’s many adventures with the lobby boy (Tony Revolori, The Perfect Game) who becomes Gustave’s most trusted friend.
Together they must hold the hotel together amidst the theft of a priceless Renaissance painting, battle for an enormous family fortune and a changing Continent between two wars.
Rated R, the rest of the cast of The Grand Budapest Hotel also includes F. Murray Abraham (Inside Llewyn Davis), Adrien Brody (Wrecked), Willem Dafoe (Platoon), Jeff Goldblum (Morning Glory), Harvey Keitel (The Last Godfather...
Price: DVD $29.98, Blu-ray $39.99
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
King of quirky films Wes Anderson (Rushmore) wowed critics and moviegoers with his comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel.
The film gathers a bunch of stars, led by Ralph Fiennes (The Invisible Woman) as Gustave H., the legendary concierge at the famous European hotel. Inspired by the works of Stefan Zweig, the movie follows Gustave’s many adventures with the lobby boy (Tony Revolori, The Perfect Game) who becomes Gustave’s most trusted friend.
Together they must hold the hotel together amidst the theft of a priceless Renaissance painting, battle for an enormous family fortune and a changing Continent between two wars.
Rated R, the rest of the cast of The Grand Budapest Hotel also includes F. Murray Abraham (Inside Llewyn Davis), Adrien Brody (Wrecked), Willem Dafoe (Platoon), Jeff Goldblum (Morning Glory), Harvey Keitel (The Last Godfather...
- 5/7/2014
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
Each week we take a look at the good, the bad and the ugly of the home entertainment offerings, reviewing and rating the films and the special features packed onto the discs.
Release of the Week
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Film
The BFI have been working hard on their Masters of Cinema collection, a British equivalent to the Criterion Collection. This is their fifth and final introduction into the John Cassavetes collection which includes Shadows, Faces, A Woman Under the Influence and Opening Night. The story of Cosmo Vitelli (Ben Gazzara – mesmerising), a small strip-club owner who gets in too deep with some murky characters because of his consuming gambling addiction which leaves him $23,000 in the red. The mob then use this as a handle to blackmail him into murdering someone to wipe off some of his debt. It goes behind the scenes of a seemingly successful man...
Release of the Week
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Film
The BFI have been working hard on their Masters of Cinema collection, a British equivalent to the Criterion Collection. This is their fifth and final introduction into the John Cassavetes collection which includes Shadows, Faces, A Woman Under the Influence and Opening Night. The story of Cosmo Vitelli (Ben Gazzara – mesmerising), a small strip-club owner who gets in too deep with some murky characters because of his consuming gambling addiction which leaves him $23,000 in the red. The mob then use this as a handle to blackmail him into murdering someone to wipe off some of his debt. It goes behind the scenes of a seemingly successful man...
- 7/19/2013
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Stars: Katie Cassidy, Tracy Spiridakos, Donal Logue, Adam Dimarco, Shannon Chan-Kent, Torrance Coombs, Leah Gibson, Ryan Robbins, Colin Lawrence | Written by Christopher Dodd, Michael Greenspan, Christian Forte | Directed by Michael Greenspan
The writer and director of the Adrien Brody film Wrecked re-team for a new take on a familiar theme with Kill For Me, a “Single White Female” meets “Strangers on a Train” tale with a twist that follows two young women, both of whom have suffered abuse at the hands of men in their lives.
Following the disappearance of her college friend and roomate, Amanda (Cassidy) has to look for a roommate to help pay the rent. In walks Hailey (Spiridakos), who has just moved to college to get away from her own abusive past. Both girls find comfort in their friendship and make a pact to help each other overcome their pasts. No matter what the cost. When...
The writer and director of the Adrien Brody film Wrecked re-team for a new take on a familiar theme with Kill For Me, a “Single White Female” meets “Strangers on a Train” tale with a twist that follows two young women, both of whom have suffered abuse at the hands of men in their lives.
Following the disappearance of her college friend and roomate, Amanda (Cassidy) has to look for a roommate to help pay the rent. In walks Hailey (Spiridakos), who has just moved to college to get away from her own abusive past. Both girls find comfort in their friendship and make a pact to help each other overcome their pasts. No matter what the cost. When...
- 5/28/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
The critical success of 2010′s Buried didn’t exactly cause a wave of claustrophobic copycats, but a few similarly structured films found their way into production in the past few years. Wrecked saw Adrien Brody trapped in his car after an accident, and Stephen Dorff was stuffed in a trunk (hurray!) for Brake. All three films, for better or worse, had storylines “outside” the single location (car, coffin) that offered additional narrative momentum beyond a simple survival story. Director/co-writer William Dickerson‘s feature debut, Detour, forgoes that additional layer to focus almost exclusively on one man trapped in a confined space and desperate to escape. Is that enough to keep viewers’ attention for ninety minutes? Yes. And no. And yes. Jackson (Neil Hopkins) awakens at the wheel of his car with the engine stalled and the airbag deployed. It’s pitch black outside his windows, but what he mistakes at first for nightfall is in fact...
- 3/27/2013
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
This week Michael Greenspan's latest thriller, Kill for Me, arrived on DVD everywhere courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Read on for our exclusive interview with the director and co-writer of the film.
Co-written by Greenspan and Christopher Dodd, the film follows two young women who find strength together after both struggling against physical and mental abuse by the men in their lives.
Dread Central recently caught up with Greenspan to discuss Kill for Me and much more- check out the highlights below from our exclusive interview, and look for the thriller now that it's available everywhere on DVD!
Dread Central: What inspired you and Christopher (Dodd) to write the story for Kill for Me?
Michael Greenspan: Well, the movie starts off in some pretty typical territory - two strangers moving in together - so what we were interested in was what happens next? What can we do with that idea?...
Co-written by Greenspan and Christopher Dodd, the film follows two young women who find strength together after both struggling against physical and mental abuse by the men in their lives.
Dread Central recently caught up with Greenspan to discuss Kill for Me and much more- check out the highlights below from our exclusive interview, and look for the thriller now that it's available everywhere on DVD!
Dread Central: What inspired you and Christopher (Dodd) to write the story for Kill for Me?
Michael Greenspan: Well, the movie starts off in some pretty typical territory - two strangers moving in together - so what we were interested in was what happens next? What can we do with that idea?...
- 2/14/2013
- by thehorrorchick
- DreadCentral.com
Well, not me personally, but come on, man! What's a little murder between friends? On tap for you right now are seven minutes of clips from the upcoming psycho-driven flick Kill For Me. Check 'em out!
From the Press Release
College roommates bond over a shared violent past and a future which holds deadly consequences in the new thriller Kill For Me, available February 12th on DVD with UltraViolet™ from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Katie Cassidy (TV’s “Arrow”) and Tracy Spiridakos, star of NBC’s new hit “Revolution”, lead a hot, young cast in this suspenseful tale of two young women who bond over their struggles with bad men and realize how far they would need to go to protect each other. Directed by Michael Greenspan (Wrecked) and co-starring Ryan Robbins (TV's "Falling Skies”) and Donal Logue (Shark Night 3D), the DVD will include a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film,...
From the Press Release
College roommates bond over a shared violent past and a future which holds deadly consequences in the new thriller Kill For Me, available February 12th on DVD with UltraViolet™ from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Katie Cassidy (TV’s “Arrow”) and Tracy Spiridakos, star of NBC’s new hit “Revolution”, lead a hot, young cast in this suspenseful tale of two young women who bond over their struggles with bad men and realize how far they would need to go to protect each other. Directed by Michael Greenspan (Wrecked) and co-starring Ryan Robbins (TV's "Falling Skies”) and Donal Logue (Shark Night 3D), the DVD will include a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film,...
- 2/10/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Well, not me personally, or even us for that matter, but hey, hot chicks armed with hot lead ready to go heads-up against a psychotic to keep you alive? Now that's pretty cool, no? Read on for the first home video details and artwork for the new thriller Kill For Me.
From the Press Release
College roommates bond over a shared violent past and a future which holds deadly consequences in the new thriller Kill For Me, available February 12th on DVD with UltraViolet™ from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Katie Cassidy (TV’s “Arrow”) and Tracy Spiridakos, star of NBC’s new hit “Revolution”, lead a hot, young cast in this suspenseful tale of two young women who bond over their struggles with bad men and realize how far they would need to go to protect each other. Directed by Michael Greenspan (Wrecked), and co-starring Ryan Robbins (TV's "Falling Skies...
From the Press Release
College roommates bond over a shared violent past and a future which holds deadly consequences in the new thriller Kill For Me, available February 12th on DVD with UltraViolet™ from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Katie Cassidy (TV’s “Arrow”) and Tracy Spiridakos, star of NBC’s new hit “Revolution”, lead a hot, young cast in this suspenseful tale of two young women who bond over their struggles with bad men and realize how far they would need to go to protect each other. Directed by Michael Greenspan (Wrecked), and co-starring Ryan Robbins (TV's "Falling Skies...
- 1/25/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
There's a distinct sub-genre of horror/thrillers that can be easily described as "trapped in a Blank" movies, and you've probably seen most of them. Trapped on a ski lift? Frozen. Trapped underground? Buried. Trapped in a phone booth? Um, well, Phone Booth. Trapped in the ocean? Open Water or Open Water 2: Adrift. Trapped in a car? Try Wrecked with Adrien Brody or Brake with Stephen Dorff. And then of course there's the recent non-classic Atm, which is about four young idiots trapped in an Atm vestibule. It's a very simple hook, you see, whether you're a clever filmmaker or you're a lazy producer who simply wants to piggyback on, well, a very simple hook. Which brings us to the newest entry into this claustrophobic catalog: 247°F, which is about three young idiots who get trapped in a sauna. Ostensibly based on a true story and boasting one of the clunkiest,...
- 10/30/2012
- by Scott Weinberg
- FEARnet
Michelle Rodriguez has finally been confirmed and will reprise her role as Letty Ortiz in Fast and the Furious 6, which is set to begin filming in June for a May 24, 2013 release. She joins already confirmed returning cast members Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson with Gina Carano (Haywire) also joining the proceedings. Rodriguez will also return as Luz/She in Machete Kills for director Robert Rodriguez, which is set to begin filming shortly in Texas. In Machete Kills, Danny Trejo returns as the title character as this time around he'll team with the U.S. Government to take on Luther Voz (Mel Gibson), a cunning arms dealer and death merchant who aims to spread war across the planet by launching a missile. [source] Sally Hawkins is set to join Woody Allen's next movie with Cate Blanchett and Bradley Cooper also circling roles. The film will shoot in San Francisco...
- 5/1/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Perhaps it’s inspiration, maybe some national, unconscious fear sparked it off, but I can’t for the life of me determine why there’s been this glut of “one actor in a tight space” movies for the past couple of years — be it 127 Hours, Buried, or the Adrien Brody vehicle Wrecked. The latest in this line is Gabe Torres‘ Brake, which features Stephen Dorff as a Secret Service agent who gets himself stuck in the trunk of a car, all as the President is under attack from… someone. I don’t entirely know, since the trailer from Apple is nigh incomprehensible, with bizarre editing, poorly-chosen snatches of dialogue, and hints of a premise that’s far more complicated than necessary. Poor Dorff.
Watch the trailer below:
Synopsis: Jeremy Reins (Stephen Dorff) is about to have a very bad day. He wakes up in total darkness, confused and disoriented. The...
Watch the trailer below:
Synopsis: Jeremy Reins (Stephen Dorff) is about to have a very bad day. He wakes up in total darkness, confused and disoriented. The...
- 2/21/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
With the Academy Awards now just a week away, large doses of scrutiny are being shoved down the collective throats of the twinkling stars standing in line and hoping for their very own statuette.
Odds are that when the nominations are announced every year, there will be at least one somewhat surprising contender, whether he/she be an unknown, or simply dwells in an artistically shunned corner of the film world…no names mentioned, Jonah.
What is more of a startling occurrence is when said unfancied also-ran is announced as the victor, with their Celebrity Square suddenly expanding, and their face contorted with disbelief and unguarded astonishment in front of millions of amazed viewers.
But just how often is the wild card winner the champion of the future? Is the bookie-breaking hero of the night getting the ultimate kick start into superstardom and legend, an easily carried poisoned chalice, or...
Odds are that when the nominations are announced every year, there will be at least one somewhat surprising contender, whether he/she be an unknown, or simply dwells in an artistically shunned corner of the film world…no names mentioned, Jonah.
What is more of a startling occurrence is when said unfancied also-ran is announced as the victor, with their Celebrity Square suddenly expanding, and their face contorted with disbelief and unguarded astonishment in front of millions of amazed viewers.
But just how often is the wild card winner the champion of the future? Is the bookie-breaking hero of the night getting the ultimate kick start into superstardom and legend, an easily carried poisoned chalice, or...
- 2/20/2012
- by Scott Patterson
- SoundOnSight
Director: Joe Carnahan.
Writers: Joe Carnahan and Ian Mackenzie Jeffers.
Irish Catholic stubborness or that "never say die" attitude is one of the themes in Joe Carnahan and Ian Mackenzie Jeffers' The Grey. The protagonist, John (Liam Neeson), repeats one of his father's favourite poems to make this theme apparent: "[o]nce more into the fray./ Into the greatest fight I’ll ever know./ Live and die on this day./ Live and die on this day." Besides sounding very much like King Henry's Harfleur speech in Henry V, this short poem gives John the heart to keep pushing in difficult situations, while all his comrades fall by the wayside. Do these lines get him through a plane crash, blizzard and circling wolves? Fans of thrillers are encouraged to see this movie to find out.
John is a hunter and assigned to a group of roughnecks in the inhospitable Alaskan climate.
Writers: Joe Carnahan and Ian Mackenzie Jeffers.
Irish Catholic stubborness or that "never say die" attitude is one of the themes in Joe Carnahan and Ian Mackenzie Jeffers' The Grey. The protagonist, John (Liam Neeson), repeats one of his father's favourite poems to make this theme apparent: "[o]nce more into the fray./ Into the greatest fight I’ll ever know./ Live and die on this day./ Live and die on this day." Besides sounding very much like King Henry's Harfleur speech in Henry V, this short poem gives John the heart to keep pushing in difficult situations, while all his comrades fall by the wayside. Do these lines get him through a plane crash, blizzard and circling wolves? Fans of thrillers are encouraged to see this movie to find out.
John is a hunter and assigned to a group of roughnecks in the inhospitable Alaskan climate.
- 2/5/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
I couldn't help but laugh at the trailer for Brake from director Gabe Torres and starring Stephen Dorff. It may end up being a perfectly fine film, but the lack of originality here is alarming, at least based on the newly released trailer. However, before we get to that first let me offer the synopsis: Jeremy Reins (Dorff) is about to have a very bad day. He wakes up in total darkness, confused and disoriented. The only light comes from the blood-red digital numbers ticking away above his head. Jeremy quickly realizes he's in trouble. It's hard to breath. He can barely move. And no one will answer his cries for help. Then, he hears the sound of an engine and it all becomes clear...he's trapped in the trunk of a moving car. As his captors reveal themselves and their motives, Jeremy realizes he won't be set free until...
- 1/26/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Adrien Brody is phenomenal in every performance, even if the movie he headlines isn't the greatest (Wrecked, The Jacket, Hollywoodland). Next up for this Oscar-winning actor is a star studded drama called Detachment, which comes to us courtesy of American History X director Tony Kaye and has future award nomination for Brody written all over it.
In Detachment, Brody plays a subsititute teacher with a mysterious past. This story revolves around the lives of high school teachers and students from the perspective of the substitute during his three week tour of duty at the school.
In Detachment, Brody plays a subsititute teacher with a mysterious past. This story revolves around the lives of high school teachers and students from the perspective of the substitute during his three week tour of duty at the school.
- 1/16/2012
- by Get The Big Picture
- GetTheBigPicture.net
What is Movie News After Dark? It’s a nightly movie news column desperate in its search for the insanely cool links of the day. It will also take movie related news, things about Community and Doctor Who, as well as, on occasion, updates on The Dark Knight Rises. Although after last night’s entry, it’s not sure there is any Tdkr news left to report. We begin tonight with some incredibly cool animated work from an artist named Otis Frampton. On his Deviant Art page, found via Popped Culture, he envisions what a Battlestar Galactica animated series would look like. I would watch this show, and not just because I’m a die hard BSG fan, either. The Smoking Jacket presents us with Stuff You Should Know: Zombies, an article about zombies and all the things they do. In the beginning, it was all about voodoo, if you can believe such a thing. Over...
- 12/24/2011
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Do not make Adrien Brody angry.
The Oscar-winner takes an emotional journey in "Detachment," in which he plays a disconnected substitute teacher struggling to find his way. He bounces from school to school, avoiding any sort of attachment (hence, the title) to his students, but a placement at an underprivileged school with a student body looking for inspiration becomes his chance at salvation.
The film, which screened at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year, is directed by Tony Kaye. It comes after a film last year titled "Wrecked," in which Brody also played a man trying to survive -- though that came following a car crash, not any emotional accident.
For Brody, "Detachment" is a much different role than his other 2011 film, "Midnight In Paris," in which he played Salvador Dali. Let's just say there is no abstractness in this one. Marcia Gay Harden, Christina Hendricks, William Petersen, Bryan Cranston...
The Oscar-winner takes an emotional journey in "Detachment," in which he plays a disconnected substitute teacher struggling to find his way. He bounces from school to school, avoiding any sort of attachment (hence, the title) to his students, but a placement at an underprivileged school with a student body looking for inspiration becomes his chance at salvation.
The film, which screened at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year, is directed by Tony Kaye. It comes after a film last year titled "Wrecked," in which Brody also played a man trying to survive -- though that came following a car crash, not any emotional accident.
For Brody, "Detachment" is a much different role than his other 2011 film, "Midnight In Paris," in which he played Salvador Dali. Let's just say there is no abstractness in this one. Marcia Gay Harden, Christina Hendricks, William Petersen, Bryan Cranston...
- 12/12/2011
- by Jordan Zakarin
- Huffington Post
When I landed at the theatre around noon, only Wrecked by Michael Greenspan had seats left. Adrien Brody finds himself a victim of a car crash in a dark, foreboding jungle. I felt it was too contrived, did not have enough punch, enough drama, enough, well, Deliverance.
The film ended quickly enough letting me attend a discussion on Independent Cinema. Speakers: Ian Bernie, Aijaz Khan, Sunil Doshi and Madhu Mantena moderated by Meenakshi Shedde. Sunil Doshi turned out to be the best speaker, giving out advice from the Pov of a solid, experienced businessman.
Walked into the theatre that was to play Girish Kasaravalli’s Ghatashraddha. They were testing the DVD. Left immediately. If it was going to be a blown up DVD and not the original print, it did not make much sense; I can catch the film on DVD anytime. The neighboring screen had John Stockwell’s The...
The film ended quickly enough letting me attend a discussion on Independent Cinema. Speakers: Ian Bernie, Aijaz Khan, Sunil Doshi and Madhu Mantena moderated by Meenakshi Shedde. Sunil Doshi turned out to be the best speaker, giving out advice from the Pov of a solid, experienced businessman.
Walked into the theatre that was to play Girish Kasaravalli’s Ghatashraddha. They were testing the DVD. Left immediately. If it was going to be a blown up DVD and not the original print, it did not make much sense; I can catch the film on DVD anytime. The neighboring screen had John Stockwell’s The...
- 10/17/2011
- by Devang Ghia
- DearCinema.com
DVD Playhouse—September 2011
By Allen Gardner
In A Better World (Sony) Winner of last year’s Best Foreign Film Oscar, this Danish export looks at two fractured families and the effect that the adult world dysfunction has on their two sons, who form an immediate and potentially deadly bond. Director Susanne Bier delivers another powerful work that maintains its drive during the films’ first 2/3, then falters somewhat during the last act. Still, well-worth seeing, and beautifully made. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Deleted scenes; Commentary by Bier and editor Pernille Bech Christensen; Interview with Bier. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
X-men First Class (20th Century Fox) “Origins” film set in the early 1960s, traces the beginnings of Magento and Professor X (played ably here by Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy), and how the once-close friends and colleagues became bitter enemies. First half is slam-bang entertainment at its stylish best,...
By Allen Gardner
In A Better World (Sony) Winner of last year’s Best Foreign Film Oscar, this Danish export looks at two fractured families and the effect that the adult world dysfunction has on their two sons, who form an immediate and potentially deadly bond. Director Susanne Bier delivers another powerful work that maintains its drive during the films’ first 2/3, then falters somewhat during the last act. Still, well-worth seeing, and beautifully made. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Deleted scenes; Commentary by Bier and editor Pernille Bech Christensen; Interview with Bier. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
X-men First Class (20th Century Fox) “Origins” film set in the early 1960s, traces the beginnings of Magento and Professor X (played ably here by Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy), and how the once-close friends and colleagues became bitter enemies. First half is slam-bang entertainment at its stylish best,...
- 9/11/2011
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Director: Michael Greenspan.
Writer: Christopher Dodd.
Wrecked is a film that had a one weekend premiere in April. Now, the film has moved onto DVD and Blu-Ray (Aug. 30th), making this, basically, a straight-to-dvd release. The film stars Adrien Brody, alone and in the wilderness. Meanwhile, a search party is looking for his whereabouts, as "the man (Brody)" begins to recover from a case of amnesia. Sparse in script, Wrecked is more of an experiment than anything else. Unfortunately this experiment was a failure, due to the film's pacing issues and lack of direction, or focus.
The plot can be broken down into a few words or plot elements: car crash, cougar, and rescue. That is the heart of the film, which drags itself out for far too long. To expand, the man awakens in a wrecked car to find himself trapped in his spot. He cannot wiggle his knee out from under the dashboard.
Writer: Christopher Dodd.
Wrecked is a film that had a one weekend premiere in April. Now, the film has moved onto DVD and Blu-Ray (Aug. 30th), making this, basically, a straight-to-dvd release. The film stars Adrien Brody, alone and in the wilderness. Meanwhile, a search party is looking for his whereabouts, as "the man (Brody)" begins to recover from a case of amnesia. Sparse in script, Wrecked is more of an experiment than anything else. Unfortunately this experiment was a failure, due to the film's pacing issues and lack of direction, or focus.
The plot can be broken down into a few words or plot elements: car crash, cougar, and rescue. That is the heart of the film, which drags itself out for far too long. To expand, the man awakens in a wrecked car to find himself trapped in his spot. He cannot wiggle his knee out from under the dashboard.
- 9/5/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
There is a segment in the old B-movie Lost Continent, as seen by the Mystery Science Theater robots, where the story disappears and the audience is subjected to a good thirty minutes of nothing but mountain climbing. It's so mind-numbingly dull and repetitive that by the end of it the robots can only whisper to each other, “...mountain climbing.”
Take that, make it horizontal, stick in Adrien Brody, and you've got Wrecked. Never have I spent so long watching one man crawl around in circles. I would have cheered if he'd stood up and walked, broken leg or not, because at least then we'd have a new camera angle.
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Take that, make it horizontal, stick in Adrien Brody, and you've got Wrecked. Never have I spent so long watching one man crawl around in circles. I would have cheered if he'd stood up and walked, broken leg or not, because at least then we'd have a new camera angle.
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- 9/1/2011
- by David M. DeLeon
- JustPressPlay.net
Having recently submitted a Top Ten feature article on One Man Band films, Wrecked could have easily qualified as a potential entry. However, its slow pace, convoluted and hard to follow narrative mean it probably wouldn’t have charted even if I had seen it before chronicling the list. Released on Blu-ray and DVD yesterday, our review follows…
Regaining consciousness in a wrecked car, Adrien Brody’s character finds himself trapped, injured and alone with a dead body in the back seat, a trunk filled with cash and absolutely no recollection of where he is, who he is or how he got there… Finding his leg trapped under the dashboard, he eventually manages to escape the confines of the car and the prospect of certain death that comes with it. Unable to walk, he begins to crawl around the forest in an attempt to escape and reach help. As the...
Regaining consciousness in a wrecked car, Adrien Brody’s character finds himself trapped, injured and alone with a dead body in the back seat, a trunk filled with cash and absolutely no recollection of where he is, who he is or how he got there… Finding his leg trapped under the dashboard, he eventually manages to escape the confines of the car and the prospect of certain death that comes with it. Unable to walk, he begins to crawl around the forest in an attempt to escape and reach help. As the...
- 8/30/2011
- by Stuart Cummins
- Obsessed with Film
Stargate: Universe: Seasons 1 & 2
DVD, 20th Century Fox
There's no shame in being a cancelled TV show these days. Where science fiction is concerned, it can almost be considered a badge of honour, as in cases such as Joss Whedon's Firefly or the dark X-Files follow-up Millennium. Let's not forget that Star Trek got yanked off the air, too. One of many spinoff series from the silly but entertaining 1994 Kurt Russell blockbuster, Stargate: Universe took on a darker, more serious tone, marooning a large group of explorers (including Robert Carlyle as the resident angry genius) on a huge and ancient spacecraft of unknown origin in a distant part of the universe. After a shaky start, the show developed into something much better than expected, with the unwilling and unprepared crew regularly at risk from internal power struggles, alien attacks and mysterious forces. Unfortunately, it wasn't quite the weekly...
DVD, 20th Century Fox
There's no shame in being a cancelled TV show these days. Where science fiction is concerned, it can almost be considered a badge of honour, as in cases such as Joss Whedon's Firefly or the dark X-Files follow-up Millennium. Let's not forget that Star Trek got yanked off the air, too. One of many spinoff series from the silly but entertaining 1994 Kurt Russell blockbuster, Stargate: Universe took on a darker, more serious tone, marooning a large group of explorers (including Robert Carlyle as the resident angry genius) on a huge and ancient spacecraft of unknown origin in a distant part of the universe. After a shaky start, the show developed into something much better than expected, with the unwilling and unprepared crew regularly at risk from internal power struggles, alien attacks and mysterious forces. Unfortunately, it wasn't quite the weekly...
- 8/26/2011
- by Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
To celebrate the release of Wrecked, out on Blu-ray on August 29th, we are giving away a home entertainment package and of course a Blu-ray copy of the film! The Blu-ray player is a Philips BD3200 Blu Ray Player and the TV is a Bush 19’’ HD ready TV.
Regaining consciousness in a wrecked car, Adrien Brody’s (The Pianist, King Kong) character finds himself trapped, injured and alone with a dead body in the back seat, a glove compartment filled with cash and absolutely no recollection of where he is, who is or how he got there.
In a season rich with sole-survivor films, Wrecked’s effortless talent and agonising attention to detail places it high above the rest. Visually inventive and gripping from the first scene, make sure you experience this tale of one man’s struggle for survival against all odds and bring the horror-thriller Wrecked into your home cinema from 29th August!
Regaining consciousness in a wrecked car, Adrien Brody’s (The Pianist, King Kong) character finds himself trapped, injured and alone with a dead body in the back seat, a glove compartment filled with cash and absolutely no recollection of where he is, who is or how he got there.
In a season rich with sole-survivor films, Wrecked’s effortless talent and agonising attention to detail places it high above the rest. Visually inventive and gripping from the first scene, make sure you experience this tale of one man’s struggle for survival against all odds and bring the horror-thriller Wrecked into your home cinema from 29th August!
- 8/26/2011
- by Competitons
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Some updates to end the week.
Let's start with the Gemini nominations. Carmen Moore has been nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role for Blackstone, and BSG's Callum Keith Rennie and Sam Witwer also got best actor nods for Shattered and Being Human. Big congrats to all!
With Gun Hill Road opening in New York this weekend, Esai Morales is everywhere. Fox News Latino has a short interview with him and Rashaad Ernesto Green. Snippet:
"I read a script that made me cry, that made me feel, that made me happy to be a human being," Morales told Fox News Latino.
Morales said that the movie deals not with sexual orientation but with gender identity.
"When a little boy stares into a mirror at 3 years old and says ‘Mami, I see a girl,’ you know that’s not a joke," he said. "Often...
Let's start with the Gemini nominations. Carmen Moore has been nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role for Blackstone, and BSG's Callum Keith Rennie and Sam Witwer also got best actor nods for Shattered and Being Human. Big congrats to all!
With Gun Hill Road opening in New York this weekend, Esai Morales is everywhere. Fox News Latino has a short interview with him and Rashaad Ernesto Green. Snippet:
"I read a script that made me cry, that made me feel, that made me happy to be a human being," Morales told Fox News Latino.
Morales said that the movie deals not with sexual orientation but with gender identity.
"When a little boy stares into a mirror at 3 years old and says ‘Mami, I see a girl,’ you know that’s not a joke," he said. "Often...
- 8/6/2011
- by fanshawe
- CapricaTV
IFC will release the thriller Wrecked starring Adrien Brody (Splice) on Blu-ray and DVD on August 30 for the list prices of $29.98 and $24.98, respectively.
Adrien Brody is Wrecked.
The tense little film finds Brody portraying a man who awakens in a mangled car-wreck at the bottom of a steep cliff. Injured and trapped inside, with no memory of how he got there or who he even is, he must rely on his most primal instincts to survive. But as he attempts to free himself from the carnage and escape an impossible situation, a darker side is revealed and even if he manages to survive, there may be consequences in store for him…
Directed by first-time feature helmer Michael Greenspan from a screenplay by first-time feature scripter Christopher Dodd, Wrecked received a limited theatrical run in L.A. and New York in April.
No bonus features have been announced for the Blu-ray and DVD of this low-budget,...
Adrien Brody is Wrecked.
The tense little film finds Brody portraying a man who awakens in a mangled car-wreck at the bottom of a steep cliff. Injured and trapped inside, with no memory of how he got there or who he even is, he must rely on his most primal instincts to survive. But as he attempts to free himself from the carnage and escape an impossible situation, a darker side is revealed and even if he manages to survive, there may be consequences in store for him…
Directed by first-time feature helmer Michael Greenspan from a screenplay by first-time feature scripter Christopher Dodd, Wrecked received a limited theatrical run in L.A. and New York in April.
No bonus features have been announced for the Blu-ray and DVD of this low-budget,...
- 7/8/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
In an early announcement (via Blu-ray), IFC is releasing Wrecked onto Blu-ray/DVD August 30th, starring the one-man show Adrien Brody.
A man awakens in a mangled car-wreck at the bottom of a steep cliff. Injured and trapped inside, with no memory of how he got there or who he is, he must rely on his most primal instincts to survive. But as he attempts to free himself from the carnage and escape an impossible situation, a darker side is revealed. Even if he manages to survive, the man may have to face the horrible consequences of an earlier, forgotten life.
No word on extras, but feel free to re-read our review, in which we call it “[not] just a movie, it’s an experience and it is positively a killer film.”...
A man awakens in a mangled car-wreck at the bottom of a steep cliff. Injured and trapped inside, with no memory of how he got there or who he is, he must rely on his most primal instincts to survive. But as he attempts to free himself from the carnage and escape an impossible situation, a darker side is revealed. Even if he manages to survive, the man may have to face the horrible consequences of an earlier, forgotten life.
No word on extras, but feel free to re-read our review, in which we call it “[not] just a movie, it’s an experience and it is positively a killer film.”...
- 6/13/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
A bunch of updates today.
First, there are two things to check out on TV this Saturday.
Hiro Kanagawa, Alessandro Juliani and Dmitry Chepovetsky guest star on Chaos, in episode "Eaten by Wolves," which airs tomorrow at 8 Et/Pt on the CBS network. The press release for the episode is here.
Red Faction: Origins, directed by Michael Nankin and starring Robert Patrick, Kate Vernon and Sgu's Brian J. Smith airs at 9 pm on Syfy. Bear McCreary produced the score by Jonathan Ortega. Worthplaying.com has an interview with Kate Vernon, who tweeted the other day that the film might get picked up to series. The trailer is embedded below.
Fort McCoy with Eric Stoltz will next be screened at the Stony Brook Film Festival in New York on July 22, possibly with daddy Graystone in attendance. Details at Stallercenter.com.
The trailer for Gun Hill Road with Esai Morales has premiered exclusively on Apple.
First, there are two things to check out on TV this Saturday.
Hiro Kanagawa, Alessandro Juliani and Dmitry Chepovetsky guest star on Chaos, in episode "Eaten by Wolves," which airs tomorrow at 8 Et/Pt on the CBS network. The press release for the episode is here.
Red Faction: Origins, directed by Michael Nankin and starring Robert Patrick, Kate Vernon and Sgu's Brian J. Smith airs at 9 pm on Syfy. Bear McCreary produced the score by Jonathan Ortega. Worthplaying.com has an interview with Kate Vernon, who tweeted the other day that the film might get picked up to series. The trailer is embedded below.
Fort McCoy with Eric Stoltz will next be screened at the Stony Brook Film Festival in New York on July 22, possibly with daddy Graystone in attendance. Details at Stallercenter.com.
The trailer for Gun Hill Road with Esai Morales has premiered exclusively on Apple.
- 6/4/2011
- by fanshawe
- CapricaTV
Two of these movies were released by IFC Films, the other was not. Care to guess which one? Here’s a hint: “Scream of the Banshee” stars Lance Henriksen and Lauren Holly. Want to change your answer? I thought so. The biggest surprise, of course, is that “Scream of the Banshee” was not the worst of the bunch. How’s that for a twist? I’ll bet you didn’t see that one coming. If you’re curious to see which of these horror-oriented peliculas danced violently upon my last nerve, direct your attention to the mini-reviews situated below. Chances are you won’t agree with me. Let’s get the bad news out of the way first. Wrecked (2011) Director Michael Greenspan, screenwriter Christopher Dodd, and star Adrien Brody have crafted the ultimate endurance test: If you can listen to Brody whine his way through “Wrecked” without succumbing to restless...
- 5/13/2011
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
Is it harder to face the darkness that we may encounter lurking outside, or is it harder to face the darkness we may discover in ourselves? This question has been posed many times in past films and will continue to be a subject of interest in the future. Adrien Brody crashes into this exact dilemma in the new film Wrecked. Here, he has to not only face the mountain lion that continues to stalk him, but also the truth regarding what he might have done that resulted in this terrifying situation.
In Wrecked, Adrien Brody awakes to find himself confused, bloody, and bruised in a car at the bottom of a blough. With his leg pinned below the collapsed front dashboard and the door to the car jammed shut, Brody begins to quickly lose his physical and mental health. When he finally does free himself, our mysterious protagonist comes across...
In Wrecked, Adrien Brody awakes to find himself confused, bloody, and bruised in a car at the bottom of a blough. With his leg pinned below the collapsed front dashboard and the door to the car jammed shut, Brody begins to quickly lose his physical and mental health. When he finally does free himself, our mysterious protagonist comes across...
- 5/10/2011
- by Michael Haffner
- Destroy the Brain
The new IFC released thriller starring a beaten up and battered Adrien Brody, Wrecked, will make its St. Louis premiere this weekend. And what better place to show it then the Hi Pointe Movie Theater, home to Dtb’s Late Nite Grindhouse program. Wrecked marks the feature length directorial and writing debut of Michael Greenspan and Christopher Dodd. Brody seems to be a glutton for genre films recently with his work in last year’s Predators, Splice, The Experiment, and Giallo. To find out more info about this tense new thriller, keep reading.
In Wrecked, Brody plays a man who wakes up in a car wreck in the middle of the wilderness on the brink of death. As he struggles to put the pieces of his life back together, he learns he must also survive in the wilderness and come to terms with possible dark secrets of his own life.
In Wrecked, Brody plays a man who wakes up in a car wreck in the middle of the wilderness on the brink of death. As he struggles to put the pieces of his life back together, he learns he must also survive in the wilderness and come to terms with possible dark secrets of his own life.
- 5/4/2011
- by Michael Haffner
- Destroy the Brain
The single location/actor flick has become an interesting genre. Buried or as some like to call it, Ryan Reynolds in A Box as well as 127 Hours are perfect examples of how, when executed right, this genre has lots to offer film fans. Wrecked, like the aforementioned films is absolutely executed right.
The Man (Adrian Brody) wakes up in a car, severely wounded, and with no memory of who he is or how he got there. The first twenty minutes of the film are gut wrenching. The entrancing visual style not only enhances Brody’s astounding performance, it sets an unsettling tone that allows the viewer to feel the pain and urgency of the unfortunate situation. It didn’t take long for me to become completely and utterly invested in this character. Even though very few words come out of his mouth. He’s alone, in a densely wooded area...
The Man (Adrian Brody) wakes up in a car, severely wounded, and with no memory of who he is or how he got there. The first twenty minutes of the film are gut wrenching. The entrancing visual style not only enhances Brody’s astounding performance, it sets an unsettling tone that allows the viewer to feel the pain and urgency of the unfortunate situation. It didn’t take long for me to become completely and utterly invested in this character. Even though very few words come out of his mouth. He’s alone, in a densely wooded area...
- 4/6/2011
- by Donny Broussard
- Killer Films
Review of Wrecked: Adrien Brody’s impressive performance not enough This premise of this dramatic survival tale would have made Alfred Hitchcock proud: a physically broken man wakes trapped inside a demolished car in the woods, one corpse in the back seat and second twenty feet away. He has no immediate recollection of how he got there or even who he is, and must rely on pure instinct to survive. Adrien Brody is the youngest winner of the Best Actor Oscar, for his portrayal in 2003 at age 29 of real-life Holocaust survivor Whadislaw Szpilman in The Pianist. Here, he puts those award-worthy talents to excellent use in a very physical performance of another type of survivor. And as in The Pianist, his face tells much of the story, reflecting panic, disorientation, and madness...
- 4/5/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Review of Wrecked: Adrien Brody’s impressive performance not enough This premise of this dramatic survival tale would have made Alfred Hitchcock proud: a physically broken man wakes trapped inside a demolished car in the woods, one corpse in the back seat and second twenty feet away. He has no immediate recollection of how he got there or even who he is, and must rely on pure instinct to survive. Adrien Brody is the youngest winner of the Best Actor Oscar, for his portrayal in 2003 at age 29 of real-life Holocaust survivor Whadislaw Szpilman in The Pianist. Here, he puts those award-worthy talents to excellent use in a very physical performance of another type of survivor. And as in The Pianist, his face tells much of the story, reflecting panic, disorientation, and madness...
- 4/5/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The joke may be on us this weekend with some notable genre directors diverging from their usual fare of torture porn and destination nightmare. While you'd be wise to stay home and do some spring cleaning, if you do venture out, I suggest sticking to your local art house where you'll find some meatier and darker subject matters like in Foreign Oscar winner In a Better World or David Schwimmer's Trust but you can also have your own little Best of the Director's Fortnight section fest (from last year's Cannes) with the Film Forum commencing it's run on the brilliant The Four Times and Brooklyn's ReRun Theater giving Two Gates of Sleep a one week run release. U.S Indie Cat Run - John Stockwell (Limited) From the director of Blue Crush and Turistas comes this manic crime comedy about a high class escort (Vega) on the run after...
- 4/4/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Your introduction 4 sentences --- U.S Indie Cat Run - john Stockwell text - looks like crap : 00% : 00.0% Insidious - James Wan - FilmDistrict text - Tiff : 00% : 00.0% Super - James Gunn - IFC Films text - Tiff NY/L.A : 00% : 00.0% Trust - Millennium Films - Millennium Films text - Was shown at Tiff last year : 00% : 00.0% Two Gates of Sleep - Alistair Banks Griffin - Factory 25 text - Cannes - amazing film -- Re-run theatre in NYC : 00% : 00.0% Wrecked - Michael Greenspan - IFC Midnight text - one theatre in ny : 00% : 00.0% Foreign In a Better World - Susanne Bier - Sony Pictures Classics text - Oscar! NY/L.A : 00% : 00.0% Queen to Play Caroline Bottaro - Zeitgeist text - plus wide/limited or NY/L.A : 00% : 00.0% Rubber - Quentin Dupieux - Magnet Releasing text - Cannes and genre...
- 4/2/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
“Wrecked” does a rare thing. While most movies founder in their third act, this indie survival film actually gets more interesting and watchable in its final 30 minutes. But it’s getting to that final third that’s the real ordeal here. You’ll have to endure the first half hour, with star Adrien Brody crying and occasionally panicking as he wakes up, stuck in a car at the bottom of a cliff with no memory of who he is. It’s 30 minutes of his unnamed character struggling to free his crushed leg from an even more crushed car, wondering who the corpse…...
- 4/1/2011
- The Playlist
Despite what The Beatles sang, not everybody wakes up, gets out of bed and drags combs across their heads. Some people, like Adrien Brody in the newly released "Wrecked," wake up in the aftermath of a horrific car crash and drag their bodies across forests in a feeble attempt to survive. You know, apples and oranges.
Brody stars in "Wrecked," released in New York City theaters and Video On Demand today (April 1) and landing in Los Angeles next Friday (April 8), as a man who wakes up in a wrecked car with a wrecked body and a wrecked memory. With no idea of who he is or how he got there, this nameless man faces slow-impending doom unless he can drag himself out of the woods and back to civilization—not an easy feat, to say the least.
We caught a screening of "Wrecked" earlier this week and really enjoyed a lot of what we saw.
Brody stars in "Wrecked," released in New York City theaters and Video On Demand today (April 1) and landing in Los Angeles next Friday (April 8), as a man who wakes up in a wrecked car with a wrecked body and a wrecked memory. With no idea of who he is or how he got there, this nameless man faces slow-impending doom unless he can drag himself out of the woods and back to civilization—not an easy feat, to say the least.
We caught a screening of "Wrecked" earlier this week and really enjoyed a lot of what we saw.
- 4/1/2011
- by Josh Wigler
- MTV Movies Blog
Director Michael Greenspan's name is a relatively new one to the filmmaking landscape--hopefully the new thriller Wrecked will change that. Set in an unnamed wilderness, the film features Adrien Brody as a man who wakes up in a nearly demolished car with no memory of who he is or how he got there. As he slowly pieces together the elements which have conspired to get him in this situation while attempting to make his escape, he'll have to contend the elements, injury, thirst, hunger, animals, and flashes of fractured memory.I'll have to come back to the movie itself in a proper review in the future, but it brings to mind films like The Edge and 2006's amnesia thriller Unknown elevating the material, and allowing me...
- 4/1/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Adrien Brody in Wrecked
Photo: IFC Films Adrien Brody wakes up trapped in the passenger seat of car crashed in the forest. His leg is trapped under the dash. His face is beat up and his ears are bleeding. Worst of all, he doesn't remember who he is, how he got in his current predicament and he definitely doesn't know the dead guy in the back seat.
Thus is your introduction to Wrecked, the latest single person, single location feature on the heels of similar scenarios such as 127 Hours, Frozen and Buried. Unfortunately, this film doesn't live up to those three as it goes in circles for much of its running time, though does lead up to an admittedly interesting conclusion.
The filmmaking here isn't the problem as much as it is a story too small for a feature film, and ultimately gives off that "trying too hard" vibe. First...
Photo: IFC Films Adrien Brody wakes up trapped in the passenger seat of car crashed in the forest. His leg is trapped under the dash. His face is beat up and his ears are bleeding. Worst of all, he doesn't remember who he is, how he got in his current predicament and he definitely doesn't know the dead guy in the back seat.
Thus is your introduction to Wrecked, the latest single person, single location feature on the heels of similar scenarios such as 127 Hours, Frozen and Buried. Unfortunately, this film doesn't live up to those three as it goes in circles for much of its running time, though does lead up to an admittedly interesting conclusion.
The filmmaking here isn't the problem as much as it is a story too small for a feature film, and ultimately gives off that "trying too hard" vibe. First...
- 4/1/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Reviewed by Bob Hill
(March 2011)
Directed by: Michael Greenspan
Written by: Christopher Dodd
Starring: Adrien Brody and Caroline Dhavernas
Isolation movies (i.e., those in which the main character is somehow isolated from the rest of civilization) are a major roll of the dice. They play by a different set of rules. The director is forced to show, rather than tell, the entire story. There’s very little dialogue, which means the film’s success relies heavily on the main character’s ability to communicate nonverbally. There are very few punch lines and almost no major payoff until the final minutes of the film.
It’s a major feat for any actor or director to pull off, which is precisely why movies like “Cast Away” and “127 Hours” opened to such critical acclaim. Tom Hanks and James Franco were those movies, quite frankly. Their ability to not only hold an audience...
(March 2011)
Directed by: Michael Greenspan
Written by: Christopher Dodd
Starring: Adrien Brody and Caroline Dhavernas
Isolation movies (i.e., those in which the main character is somehow isolated from the rest of civilization) are a major roll of the dice. They play by a different set of rules. The director is forced to show, rather than tell, the entire story. There’s very little dialogue, which means the film’s success relies heavily on the main character’s ability to communicate nonverbally. There are very few punch lines and almost no major payoff until the final minutes of the film.
It’s a major feat for any actor or director to pull off, which is precisely why movies like “Cast Away” and “127 Hours” opened to such critical acclaim. Tom Hanks and James Franco were those movies, quite frankly. Their ability to not only hold an audience...
- 3/31/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Bob Hill
(March 2011)
Directed by: Michael Greenspan
Written by: Christopher Dodd
Starring: Adrien Brody and Caroline Dhavernas
Isolation movies (i.e., those in which the main character is somehow isolated from the rest of civilization) are a major roll of the dice. They play by a different set of rules. The director is forced to show, rather than tell, the entire story. There’s very little dialogue, which means the film’s success relies heavily on the main character’s ability to communicate nonverbally. There are very few punch lines and almost no major payoff until the final minutes of the film.
It’s a major feat for any actor or director to pull off, which is precisely why movies like “Cast Away” and “127 Hours” opened to such critical acclaim. Tom Hanks and James Franco were those movies, quite frankly. Their ability to not only hold an audience...
(March 2011)
Directed by: Michael Greenspan
Written by: Christopher Dodd
Starring: Adrien Brody and Caroline Dhavernas
Isolation movies (i.e., those in which the main character is somehow isolated from the rest of civilization) are a major roll of the dice. They play by a different set of rules. The director is forced to show, rather than tell, the entire story. There’s very little dialogue, which means the film’s success relies heavily on the main character’s ability to communicate nonverbally. There are very few punch lines and almost no major payoff until the final minutes of the film.
It’s a major feat for any actor or director to pull off, which is precisely why movies like “Cast Away” and “127 Hours” opened to such critical acclaim. Tom Hanks and James Franco were those movies, quite frankly. Their ability to not only hold an audience...
- 3/31/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Over the last several years we've been treated to all sorts of "Ack, I'm stuck!" thrillers, and they come in all shapes and sizes: Colin Farrell stuck in a phone booth; a couple of scuba divers stuck in shark-infested waters; a clueless everyman stuck in a coffin; three goofballs stuck on a ski lift, two goofballs stuck in a canyon, one goofball with his hand stuck beneath a massive boulder -- and one poor guy who spends a few days stuck inside a windshield! Most of these flicks are surprisingly solid, and they generally find novel ways to position their respective "Ack, I'm stuck!" gimmicks. And then there's the new entry, Wrecked, which offers us Oscar-winner Adrien Brody totally stuck inside a...
- 3/30/2011
- FEARnet
This interview with "Wrecked" director Michael Greenspan was originally published shortly following last year's Abu Dhabi Film Festival, where the film had its world premiere. "Wrecked" opens in limited release this Friday, April 1, courtesy of IFC Midnight. Canadian first-time feature director Michael Greenspan made a splash at the 2010 Abu Dhabi Film Festival when he debuted "Wrecked" alongside its Oscar-winning star Adrien Brody. In "Wrecked," Brody puts in a ...
- 3/29/2011
- indieWIRE - People
This interview with "Wrecked" director Michael Greenspan was originally published shortly following last year's Abu Dhabi Film Festival, where the film had its world premiere. "Wrecked" opens in limited release this Friday, April 1, courtesy of IFC Midnight. Canadian first-time feature director Michael Greenspan made a splash at the 2010 Abu Dhabi Film Festival when he debuted "Wrecked" alongside its Oscar-winning star Adrien Brody. In "Wrecked," Brody puts in a ...
- 3/29/2011
- Indiewire
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