Too edgy for the mainstream, Martin Sherman’s influential play is nevertheless transformed into an admirable, well-crafted show. In Hitler’s Berlin of 1934, being gay means death, or a living death in a ‘protective custody’ camp. Clive Owen, Lothaire Bluteau and Brian Webber find themselves on the way to Dachau, a new Circle of Hell. Yet even in a forced labor camp, the human spirit prevails. The British-made picture features Ian McKellen, Mick Jagger, and several other notable stars in their salad days.
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Film Movement Classics
1997 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 105 min. / Street Date January 8, 2019 / 39.95
Starring: Lothaire Bluteau, Clive Owen, Mick Jagger, Brian Webber, Jude Law, Ian McKellen, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Rupert Graves, Rachel Weisz, Paul Bettany.
Cinematography: Giorgos Arvanitis
Film Editor: Isabelle Lorente
Original Music: Philip Glass
Written by Martin Sherman from his play.
Produced by Dixie Linder, Michael Solinger
Directed by Sean Mathias
We learned early on that the...
Bent
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Film Movement Classics
1997 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 105 min. / Street Date January 8, 2019 / 39.95
Starring: Lothaire Bluteau, Clive Owen, Mick Jagger, Brian Webber, Jude Law, Ian McKellen, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Rupert Graves, Rachel Weisz, Paul Bettany.
Cinematography: Giorgos Arvanitis
Film Editor: Isabelle Lorente
Original Music: Philip Glass
Written by Martin Sherman from his play.
Produced by Dixie Linder, Michael Solinger
Directed by Sean Mathias
We learned early on that the...
- 1/12/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to a quartet of awards titles — “Bent,” “Midaq Alley,” “All About Lily Chou-Chou” and “The Mad Adventures of ‘Rabbi’ Jacob,” Variety has learned exclusively.
The films will have limited theatrical releases, followed by digital and home entertainment releases in 2018 and early 2019 under the company’s three-year-old Classics label.
“We continue to expand our Classics imprint, and spend a great deal of time uncovering films that deserve to be reintroduced into North America” said Michael Rosenberg, president. “We’re thrilled to add these four films to our catalog, each of which stands the test of time, and delivers an original story, peerless filmmaking and memorable star turns.”
“Midaq Alley,” directed by Jorge Fons, won 49 international awards, including 11 Ariel Awards upon its release in 1995. The drama takes place in a rundown neighborhood in Mexico City where three people’s lives intertwine beginning one Sunday afternoon...
The films will have limited theatrical releases, followed by digital and home entertainment releases in 2018 and early 2019 under the company’s three-year-old Classics label.
“We continue to expand our Classics imprint, and spend a great deal of time uncovering films that deserve to be reintroduced into North America” said Michael Rosenberg, president. “We’re thrilled to add these four films to our catalog, each of which stands the test of time, and delivers an original story, peerless filmmaking and memorable star turns.”
“Midaq Alley,” directed by Jorge Fons, won 49 international awards, including 11 Ariel Awards upon its release in 1995. The drama takes place in a rundown neighborhood in Mexico City where three people’s lives intertwine beginning one Sunday afternoon...
- 6/21/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Do the ratings for the Vikings TV show matter to the folks over at History? The series saw another big drop in the ratings last year --- down 28% in the demo and 44% in viewers -- but the cable channel renewed it for a supersized fourth season anyway. Will the numbers keep falling? Cancelled or renewed for a fifth season? Stay tuned.Vikings takes place in the brutal and mysterious world of Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel), a Viking warrior and farmer who yearns to explore (and raid) the distant shores across the ocean. The rest of the large cast includes Katheryn Winnick, Clive Standen, Gustaf Skarsgård, Alyssa Sutherland, Linus Roache, Alexander Ludwig, Ben Robson, Moe Dunford, Lothaire Bluteau, Jasper Paakkonen, Kevin Durand, Jennie Jacques, Peter Franzen, Morgane Polanski, Amy Bailey, Dianne Doan, and John Kavanagh.Read More…...
- 9/13/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Valhalla will have to wait. History has renewed its Vikings TV show for a sixth season, ahead of season five, which premieres on Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 9:00pm Et/Pt. Production on the sixth season will begin in Ireland, this fall. So far, there is no news on whether season six will be the finale installment of Vikings. When we know more, you will too. Airing on the History channel, the first four seasons of Vikings takes place in the brutal and mysterious world of Viking warrior and farmer Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel). The cast also includes Linus Roache, Katheryn Winnick, Alexander Ludwig, Gustaf Skarsgård, Clive Standen, Alyssa Sutherland, Ben Robson, Moe Dunford, Lothaire Bluteau, Jasper Pääkkönen, Kevin Durand, Peter Franzén, Morgane Polanski, Amy Bailey, Moe Dunford, John Kavanagh, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Read More…...
- 9/12/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Do the ratings for the Vikings TV show matter to the folks over at History? The series saw another big drop in the ratings last year --- down 28% in the demo and 44% in viewers -- but the cable channel renewed it for a supersized fourth season anyway. Will the numbers keep falling? Cancelled or renewed for a fifth season? Stay tuned.Vikings takes place in the brutal and mysterious world of Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel), a Viking warrior and farmer who yearns to explore (and raid) the distant shores across the ocean. The rest of the large cast includes Katheryn Winnick, Clive Standen, Gustaf Skarsgård, Alyssa Sutherland, Linus Roache, Alexander Ludwig, Ben Robson, Moe Dunford, Lothaire Bluteau, Jasper Paakkonen, Kevin Durand, Jennie Jacques, Peter Franzen, Morgane Polanski, Amy Bailey, Dianne Doan, and John Kavanagh.Read More…...
- 1/20/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Shows like “Game of Thrones” get much of widespread genre love, but there are plenty of other series that involve a large ensemble cast, period settings and costumes, intense action sequences, and insightful examinations of social and political issues. Look no further than the History Channel’s historical drama series “Vikings,” which follows the exploits of legendary Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok. Inspired by Norse sagas like “Ragnars saga Loðbrókar” and “Ragnarssona þáttr,” the series examines the raiders, traders, and explorers who wished to conquer new lands and discover civilizations around the world. Watch an exclusive sneak peek from the new season that was shown at the “Vikings” panel at Comic Con today.
Read More: Watch: Season 3 of History’s ‘Vikings’ Promises An Epic Time In This Sneak Peak
The series was created by Michael Hirst, who previously created, wrote, and executive produced the Showtime historical drama “The Tudors,” and wrote...
Read More: Watch: Season 3 of History’s ‘Vikings’ Promises An Epic Time In This Sneak Peak
The series was created by Michael Hirst, who previously created, wrote, and executive produced the Showtime historical drama “The Tudors,” and wrote...
- 7/23/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
For Pride month, we're celebrating our favorite queer moments in cinema. Here's guest contributor Steven Fenton...
Bent is the story of two men who fall in love while imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp during WWII. When the original play premiered in 1979 it made waves for its powerful depiction of Nazi persecution of homosexuals. By the time the film was released eighteen years later, the AIDS epidemic had ravaged the global gay community, giving further significance to the story’s exploration of survival and freedom.
In the camp, Max (Clive Owen) and Horst (Lothaire Bluteau) are assigned the sisyphean task of hauling stones from one rubble pile to another. On a miserably hot day, Horst attempts to distract Max from the maddening heat and labor. [More...]...
Bent is the story of two men who fall in love while imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp during WWII. When the original play premiered in 1979 it made waves for its powerful depiction of Nazi persecution of homosexuals. By the time the film was released eighteen years later, the AIDS epidemic had ravaged the global gay community, giving further significance to the story’s exploration of survival and freedom.
In the camp, Max (Clive Owen) and Horst (Lothaire Bluteau) are assigned the sisyphean task of hauling stones from one rubble pile to another. On a miserably hot day, Horst attempts to distract Max from the maddening heat and labor. [More...]...
- 6/15/2016
- by Steven Fenton
- FilmExperience
Recently veteran actress Dale Dickey dropped in to the ol’ Crypt o’ Xiii to give us the lowdown on the upcomin’ thriller Regression!
Famous Monsters. Welcome, Dale! Please, sit for a spell and tell us a little bit about the new film you are in, Regression, and the role you play.
Dale Dickey. At its core, Regression is a suspense thriller set in rural Minnesota dealing with a young girl’s cry of rape by her Father, leading a detective (Ethan Hawke), along with a psychoanalyst and a priest, to uncover the possibility of a satanic cult. Stemming from the mass ‘cult’ hysteria in the 1980s, it questions the use of regression therapy in helping to unravel the mystery. I play Rose Gray, mother of the accused, and grandmother of the victim Angela (Emma Watson). Dealing with poverty and alcoholism and an already vulnerable mental state, she is faced with...
Famous Monsters. Welcome, Dale! Please, sit for a spell and tell us a little bit about the new film you are in, Regression, and the role you play.
Dale Dickey. At its core, Regression is a suspense thriller set in rural Minnesota dealing with a young girl’s cry of rape by her Father, leading a detective (Ethan Hawke), along with a psychoanalyst and a priest, to uncover the possibility of a satanic cult. Stemming from the mass ‘cult’ hysteria in the 1980s, it questions the use of regression therapy in helping to unravel the mystery. I play Rose Gray, mother of the accused, and grandmother of the victim Angela (Emma Watson). Dealing with poverty and alcoholism and an already vulnerable mental state, she is faced with...
- 5/23/2016
- by DanielXIII
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
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The latest Vikings episode sets up so many possible plot directions, it's a good job the show has been renewed for season 5...
This review contains spoilers.
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One of the things that it’s toughest for us to grasp about medieval societies is the lack of privacy. Our conception of the nuclear family as the building block of society naturally assumes fewer people living in a household than would have been true of early modern households. And the reality of our culture—that more money means access to greater levels of privacy (bigger homes with fewer people for the rich, smaller ones with more people packed in among the poor)—was precisely inverted in the Middle Ages: while the rich may have had more space, there were more people in that space, especially for royalty and the high nobility. The curtains we are so used to...
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The latest Vikings episode sets up so many possible plot directions, it's a good job the show has been renewed for season 5...
This review contains spoilers.
4.5 Promised
One of the things that it’s toughest for us to grasp about medieval societies is the lack of privacy. Our conception of the nuclear family as the building block of society naturally assumes fewer people living in a household than would have been true of early modern households. And the reality of our culture—that more money means access to greater levels of privacy (bigger homes with fewer people for the rich, smaller ones with more people packed in among the poor)—was precisely inverted in the Middle Ages: while the rich may have had more space, there were more people in that space, especially for royalty and the high nobility. The curtains we are so used to...
- 3/24/2016
- Den of Geek
October is finally upon us which means horror and sci-fi fans have a lot to be looking forward to, especially when it comes to the films hitting VOD this month as there numerous highly anticipated choices arriving on various platforms throughout the month, including Tales of Halloween, Deathgasm, Gravy, Knock Knock, The Final Girls, A Christmas Horror Story, Bone Tomahawk, and one of my own most anticipated films of 2015, Tokyo Tribe from visionary filmmaker Shion Sono.
Here’s a look at all the genre titles arriving on VOD this October!
A Christmas Horror Story (Rlj Entertainment) - October 2nd
Christmas is supposed to be a time of joy, peace and goodwill. But for some folks in the small town of Bailey Downs, it turns into something much less festive. When Krampus - the anti-Santa who punishes the naughty children - is summoned by a young boy, everyone’s fight for survival begins.
Here’s a look at all the genre titles arriving on VOD this October!
A Christmas Horror Story (Rlj Entertainment) - October 2nd
Christmas is supposed to be a time of joy, peace and goodwill. But for some folks in the small town of Bailey Downs, it turns into something much less festive. When Krampus - the anti-Santa who punishes the naughty children - is summoned by a young boy, everyone’s fight for survival begins.
- 10/1/2015
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Cannibals take over a restaurant and put the staff on their own sadistic menu in Gravy. Ahead of the film's October 6th home media and VOD release, we've been provided with an exclusive clip from the film in which Stef sinks his teeth into the twisted new version of the "Manager's Special."
"It’s Halloween night. A trio of costumed misfits with very special dietary requirements seizes a Mexican cantina and forces the staff to engage in a late night of gluttony. The only caveat is what’s on the menu…and who will survive ‘til morning! This deliriously demented horror-comedy is a true feast for genre fans. Stuffed with an outstanding ensemble cast and perfectly seasoned with laughs and scares, you’ll be sure to ask for seconds on Gravy.
Gravy is the feature film directorial debut of James Roday (Psych) and written by Roday and Todd Harthan (Psych,...
"It’s Halloween night. A trio of costumed misfits with very special dietary requirements seizes a Mexican cantina and forces the staff to engage in a late night of gluttony. The only caveat is what’s on the menu…and who will survive ‘til morning! This deliriously demented horror-comedy is a true feast for genre fans. Stuffed with an outstanding ensemble cast and perfectly seasoned with laughs and scares, you’ll be sure to ask for seconds on Gravy.
Gravy is the feature film directorial debut of James Roday (Psych) and written by Roday and Todd Harthan (Psych,...
- 10/1/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Halloween will arrive early this Thursday night in Los Angeles, as Scream Factory will screen their cannibal horror comedy, Gravy, at the Laemmle theater in North Hollywood, followed by a special cast and crew Q&A moderated by Daily Dead's Heather Wixson.
Beginning after the 9:55pm screening of Gravy, the Q&A will include director James Roday, producer/writer Todd Harthan, actors Jimmi Simpson, Gabriel Luna, Molly Ephraim, Ethan Sandler, and composer Curt Smith:
From Scream Factory: "Attn: Los Angeles Residents!
On Thursday, October 1, 2015 at Laemmle in North Hollywood, Scream Factory Films presents the L.A. premiere of highly-anticipated dark comedy feature Gravy. Directed by James Roday and written by Roday and Todd Harthan, Gravy boasts an all-star ensemble cast of Michael Weston, Jimmi Simpson, Sutton Foster, Lily Cole, Molly Ephraim, Paul Rodriguez, Gabriel Luna, Lothaire Bluteau, Ethan Sandler, Dule Hill, with Gabourey Sidibe and Sarah Silverman.
Stick around...
Beginning after the 9:55pm screening of Gravy, the Q&A will include director James Roday, producer/writer Todd Harthan, actors Jimmi Simpson, Gabriel Luna, Molly Ephraim, Ethan Sandler, and composer Curt Smith:
From Scream Factory: "Attn: Los Angeles Residents!
On Thursday, October 1, 2015 at Laemmle in North Hollywood, Scream Factory Films presents the L.A. premiere of highly-anticipated dark comedy feature Gravy. Directed by James Roday and written by Roday and Todd Harthan, Gravy boasts an all-star ensemble cast of Michael Weston, Jimmi Simpson, Sutton Foster, Lily Cole, Molly Ephraim, Paul Rodriguez, Gabriel Luna, Lothaire Bluteau, Ethan Sandler, Dule Hill, with Gabourey Sidibe and Sarah Silverman.
Stick around...
- 9/30/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Gravy Highly-Anticipated Dark Comedy Feature opens Oct
Scream Factory™ Presents Highly-Anticipated Dark Comedy Feature Directed by James Roday Gravy Starring Michael Weston, Jimmi Simpson, Sutton Foster, Lily Cole, Molly Ephraim, Paul Rodriguez, Gabriel Luna, Lothaire Bluteau, Ethan Sandler, Dule Hill with Gabourey Sidibe and Sarah Silverman Film Opens In Los Angeles And New York On Oct 2, 2015 And Available Across Major ...
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Scream Factory™ Presents Highly-Anticipated Dark Comedy Feature Directed by James Roday Gravy Starring Michael Weston, Jimmi Simpson, Sutton Foster, Lily Cole, Molly Ephraim, Paul Rodriguez, Gabriel Luna, Lothaire Bluteau, Ethan Sandler, Dule Hill with Gabourey Sidibe and Sarah Silverman Film Opens In Los Angeles And New York On Oct 2, 2015 And Available Across Major ...
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- 9/11/2015
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
We first got a look at Regression, a sinister detective thriller from Alejandro Amenábar (The Others), his first film since 2009, back in February when an international teaser was released. Now this first full trailer pegs Ethan Hawke as a detective investigating a young woman’s (Emma Watson) accusation of her father’s crimes involving a secretive organization and a psychologist (David Thewlis). Here’s the official synopsis:
A father is accused of a crime he has no memory of committing.
Regression also stars David Dencik, Dale Dickey, Lothaire Bluteau, and Devon Bostick and opens August 28. Watch the full trailer below:
The post New ‘Regression’ trailer with Emma Watson, Ethan Hawke appeared first on Sound On Sight.
A father is accused of a crime he has no memory of committing.
Regression also stars David Dencik, Dale Dickey, Lothaire Bluteau, and Devon Bostick and opens August 28. Watch the full trailer below:
The post New ‘Regression’ trailer with Emma Watson, Ethan Hawke appeared first on Sound On Sight.
- 6/11/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Emma Watson struggles to access repressed memories in a new trailer for Alejandro Amenabar’s upcoming thriller “Regression. A thriller set in 1990’s Minnesota, “Regression” follows detective Bruce Kenner (Ethan Hawke) as he investigates the case of a girl (Watson), who accuses her father (David Denick) of a crime. When he confesses without any recollection of the crime, psychologist Dr. Raines (David Thewlis) is brought in to help him relive his memories. Watson shared the clip on her Facebook page Wednesday. Also read: Emma Watson Fears for Her Life in 'Regression' Trailer (Video) The film also stars Dale Dickey,...
- 6/10/2015
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
History's "Vikings" returns for its third season on Thursday (February 19) night and through three episodes, I can safely say that Michael Hirst's saga of pillaging and migration remains everything it has been almost from its premiere. Over two seasons, "Vikings" has delivered solidly above-average thrills that exceed the requirements of its basic cable home. The show has a passionate audience already, but I'm reasonably sure there's a far larger audience out there that would get a kick out of "Vikings," because it really is one of those shows that check a wide number of demographic boxes. "Vikings" is reliably badass, if you like that sort of thing. Maybe not every episode, but probably every two or three, the directors and choreographers deliver a visceral Viking action set-piece that has both admirable scale, but also a raw, gory intimacy. Perhaps more than any other action show on television, "Vikings" conveys...
- 2/19/2015
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
We have an international teaser trailer for you to watch for a great looking horror thriller called Regression. The movie stars Emma Watson and Ethan Hawke, and the story is set in the 1990s. It centers on a father who is accused by his daughter (Watson) of a crime that he has no memory of committing. Hawke plays the detective investigating the matter, and David Thewlis plays a psychologist who helps with the case.
The movie was directed Alejandro Amenábar, and it’s an intriguing story that is inspired by actual events. As you may have heard, back in the late 80s and early 90s there were a lot of kids accusing their parents of Satanic ritual type abuse. There was also a lot of mass paranoia about this stuff. It was seriously the Salem witch hunt all over again, and like Salem, most of it involved false accusations. The...
The movie was directed Alejandro Amenábar, and it’s an intriguing story that is inspired by actual events. As you may have heard, back in the late 80s and early 90s there were a lot of kids accusing their parents of Satanic ritual type abuse. There was also a lot of mass paranoia about this stuff. It was seriously the Salem witch hunt all over again, and like Salem, most of it involved false accusations. The...
- 2/13/2015
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The History Channel has released three brief teaser spots for the upcoming third season of their fantastic series Vikings. I don'’t know about you, but I’ve really been enjoying this show. It is really well done, and if you haven’t started watching it yet, I highly recommend it. Here’s a description of the upcoming season from the network with some additional details on what’s in store, and new characters who will be introduced:
With the promise of new land from the English, Ragnar leads his people to an uncertain fate on the shores of Wessex. King Ecbert (Linus Roache) has made many promises and it remains to be seen if he will keep them. But ever the restless wanderer, Ragnar is searching for something more … and he finds it in the mythical city of Paris. Rumored to be impenetrable to outside forces, Ragnar and his...
With the promise of new land from the English, Ragnar leads his people to an uncertain fate on the shores of Wessex. King Ecbert (Linus Roache) has made many promises and it remains to be seen if he will keep them. But ever the restless wanderer, Ragnar is searching for something more … and he finds it in the mythical city of Paris. Rumored to be impenetrable to outside forces, Ragnar and his...
- 1/11/2015
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
With Vikings‘ Season 3 premiere now just six weeks away, History has released a new cast photo, a piece of key art and a series of teaser videos declaring(/warning?), “The world is ours.”
The logline for the new season reads as follows: “With the promise of new land from the English, Ragnar leads his people to an uncertain fate on the shores of Wessex…. Ever the restless wanderer, Ragnar is searching for something more, and he finds it in the mythical city of Paris. Rumored to be impenetrable to outside forces, Ragnar and his band of Norsemen must come together...
The logline for the new season reads as follows: “With the promise of new land from the English, Ragnar leads his people to an uncertain fate on the shores of Wessex…. Ever the restless wanderer, Ragnar is searching for something more, and he finds it in the mythical city of Paris. Rumored to be impenetrable to outside forces, Ragnar and his band of Norsemen must come together...
- 1/5/2015
- TVLine.com
A month after setting a nebulous February 2015 premiere for its latest invasion, History's "Vikings" now has a specific premiere date. Season 3 of "Vikings" will hit the shore on Thursday, February 19 at 10 p.m. The 10-episode season will follow up on Ragnar's elevation to King and will find the scruffy Norsemen taking aim at a little French city known as Paris. In addition to Travis Fimmel, Clive Standen, Kathryn Winnick and Replacement Bjorn Alexander Ludwig (and others), the new season will be bringing back Linus Roache's Ecbert and introducing a slew of new characters. "Lost" and "The Strain" veteran Kevin Durand will play Harbard, a wanderer who shows up in Kattagat and fills in for the absent Viking men. Ben Robson will play Kalf, new second-in-command to Lagertha. And on the French side of the story, Lothaire Bluteau will play Emperor Charles, with Morgane Polanski as his daughter Gisla. As always,...
- 12/16/2014
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
Vikings
History has announced that its historical action drama series "Vikings" is set to kick off its ten-episode third season on Thursday February 19th at 10pm.
Several new characters are joining this year including Lagertha's second-in-command Kalf (Ben Robson), a wanderer named Harbard (Kevin Durand), Emperor Charles of France (Lothaire Bluteau), and Charles' daughter Princess Gisla (Morgane Polanski). [Source: TV Line]
Sons of Anarchy
FX's biker drama "Sons of Anarchy" came to a close this past weekend and now Live+3 ratings are in. Unsurprisingly the show broke more ratings records with its seventh season and series finale.
The series averaged 9.26 million viewers with than 6 million among adults 18-49, just ahead of this season's premiere with 9.25 million viewers. This final season averaged 7.54 million viewers in Live+3, up from the 6.98 million in Live+3 for the sixth season. [Source: The Live Feed]
Space Ark
Channel 4 has commissioned a pilot for "Space Ark,"a sci-fi sitcom following the only survivors...
History has announced that its historical action drama series "Vikings" is set to kick off its ten-episode third season on Thursday February 19th at 10pm.
Several new characters are joining this year including Lagertha's second-in-command Kalf (Ben Robson), a wanderer named Harbard (Kevin Durand), Emperor Charles of France (Lothaire Bluteau), and Charles' daughter Princess Gisla (Morgane Polanski). [Source: TV Line]
Sons of Anarchy
FX's biker drama "Sons of Anarchy" came to a close this past weekend and now Live+3 ratings are in. Unsurprisingly the show broke more ratings records with its seventh season and series finale.
The series averaged 9.26 million viewers with than 6 million among adults 18-49, just ahead of this season's premiere with 9.25 million viewers. This final season averaged 7.54 million viewers in Live+3, up from the 6.98 million in Live+3 for the sixth season. [Source: The Live Feed]
Space Ark
Channel 4 has commissioned a pilot for "Space Ark,"a sci-fi sitcom following the only survivors...
- 12/16/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Attention, all loyal Vikings subjects: King Ragnar’s reign will begin on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 10/9c, the network announced Tuesday.
The 10-episode third season of History’s epic drama will follow the farmer-turned-leader as he navigates his newfound power.
The upcoming installments also will introduce a bunch of new characters, including Kalf, Lagertha’s good-looking second-in-command (played by Ben Robson, Dracula: The Dark Prince); Harbard, a wanderer (played by Kevin Durand, Lost/The Strain) who shows up in Kattagat while most of the town’s men are away raiding; Emperor Charles of France, a fan of the Vikings (played by Lothaire Bluteau,...
The 10-episode third season of History’s epic drama will follow the farmer-turned-leader as he navigates his newfound power.
The upcoming installments also will introduce a bunch of new characters, including Kalf, Lagertha’s good-looking second-in-command (played by Ben Robson, Dracula: The Dark Prince); Harbard, a wanderer (played by Kevin Durand, Lost/The Strain) who shows up in Kattagat while most of the town’s men are away raiding; Emperor Charles of France, a fan of the Vikings (played by Lothaire Bluteau,...
- 12/16/2014
- TVLine.com
(Cbr) Three new cast members have been added for the third season of "Vikings," the History series that retells the bloody adventures of warrior and explorer Ragnar Lodbrok. Deadline reports that "Lost" veteran Kevin Durand will join the drama as "The Wanderer," an enigmatically named character "who is not what he seems." Durand also has a starring role on "The Strain," FX’s adaptation of the Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan horror novel debuting. In addition to Durand, "Vikings" has tapped former "24" and "The Tudors" actor Lothaire Bluteau to play Emperor Charles of France, "who views the Vikings as spiritual and earthly." Morgane Polanski will play Charles’ daughter and most trusted adviser, Princess Gisla.
- 6/20/2014
- by Josh Wigler, Comic Book Resources
- Hitfix
One of my favorite shows, History‘s Vikings, has announced new cast members for the new season, and it’s a group that should have you excited to see where things go.
For me, the most impressive note here is that Lothaire Bluteau will be joining the cast as Emperor Charles of France. One of the most woefully under-appreciated actors around, Bluteau may be best known at the moment for his work on The Tudors, but he was also the star of two of the best movies ever, Jesus of Montreal and Black Robe.
Also on board is Kevin Durand, another actor who doesn’t get the attention he deserves, who will hopefully be more solidly in the collective consciousness when Vikings rolls around again, because he is also in the upcoming The Strain.
Finally, relative unknown Morgane Polanski will play Emperor Charles’ daughter.
And so, despite ending last season with all eyes at home,...
For me, the most impressive note here is that Lothaire Bluteau will be joining the cast as Emperor Charles of France. One of the most woefully under-appreciated actors around, Bluteau may be best known at the moment for his work on The Tudors, but he was also the star of two of the best movies ever, Jesus of Montreal and Black Robe.
Also on board is Kevin Durand, another actor who doesn’t get the attention he deserves, who will hopefully be more solidly in the collective consciousness when Vikings rolls around again, because he is also in the upcoming The Strain.
Finally, relative unknown Morgane Polanski will play Emperor Charles’ daughter.
And so, despite ending last season with all eyes at home,...
- 6/18/2014
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Vikings
Lothaire Bluteau, Kevin Durand, Morgane Polanski and Ben Robson have joined the cast of the third season of History's hit scripted series "Vikings."
Bluteau is Emperor Charles of France, Polanski his daughter Princess Gisla. Durand is the mysterious Wanderer, and Robson is Lagertha's trusted second in command Kalf. [Source: Variety]
The Flash
The CW have released a new featurette for their upcoming "The Flash" TV series, this one focusing on Barry Allen's relationship with his longtime best friend and potential love interest Iris West (Candice Patton).
Roadies
Showtime has officially given a pilot production order to the Cameron Crowe-produced comedy series "Roadies" which follows the day-to-day life of a successful rock tour as seen through the eyes of the crew members.
Crowe wrote and will direct the one-hour pilot ahead of a potential half-hour series he would executive produce alongside J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk should it be greenlit. Emmy...
Lothaire Bluteau, Kevin Durand, Morgane Polanski and Ben Robson have joined the cast of the third season of History's hit scripted series "Vikings."
Bluteau is Emperor Charles of France, Polanski his daughter Princess Gisla. Durand is the mysterious Wanderer, and Robson is Lagertha's trusted second in command Kalf. [Source: Variety]
The Flash
The CW have released a new featurette for their upcoming "The Flash" TV series, this one focusing on Barry Allen's relationship with his longtime best friend and potential love interest Iris West (Candice Patton).
Roadies
Showtime has officially given a pilot production order to the Cameron Crowe-produced comedy series "Roadies" which follows the day-to-day life of a successful rock tour as seen through the eyes of the crew members.
Crowe wrote and will direct the one-hour pilot ahead of a potential half-hour series he would executive produce alongside J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk should it be greenlit. Emmy...
- 6/18/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
History announced today new casting for season three of its hit scripted series "Vikings," including Lothaire Bluteau ("The Tudors") as Emperor Charles of France, a powerful man who views battling the Vikings as spiritual and earthly; Kevin Durand (pictured, "The Strain") as The Wanderer, a mysterious man who is not what he seems; and Morgane Polanski (The Ghost) as Princess Gisla, the elegant, self-possessed daughter of Emperor Charles and his most trusted advisor. They join previously announced Ben Robson who will play Kalf, Lagertha.s trusted second in command.
- 6/18/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Kicking the week off on a high note, Mod Entertainment released the first photo from its film “Regression” starring Emma Watson and Ethan Hawke.
Based on the screenplay by Alejandro Amenabar, the flick is set in Minnesota in 1990 and follows detective Bruce Kenner (Hawke) during his investigation of Angela’s (Watson) case against her father.
“Regression” also stars Dale Dickey, Lothaire Bluteau and Devon Bostick.
The Amenabar-directed film was shot in Toronto, Canada and is expected to open in theaters on August 28, 2015.
Based on the screenplay by Alejandro Amenabar, the flick is set in Minnesota in 1990 and follows detective Bruce Kenner (Hawke) during his investigation of Angela’s (Watson) case against her father.
“Regression” also stars Dale Dickey, Lothaire Bluteau and Devon Bostick.
The Amenabar-directed film was shot in Toronto, Canada and is expected to open in theaters on August 28, 2015.
- 6/10/2014
- GossipCenter
Alejandra Amenabar has wrapped principal photography on his new fear film Regression, starring Ethan Hawke and Emma Watson, and we have the first still and latest details waiting for you right here. Dig it!
From the Press Release
Academy award winner Alejandro Amenábar (The Sea Inside, The Others) has wrapped principal photography on Regression. The film, based on Amenábar's original screenplay is produced by Mod Entertainment, Mod Producciones, Himenóptero, First Generation Films and Telefónica Studios in association with FilmNation Entertainment, with the participation of Telefilm Canada and in collaboration with Mediaset España. TWC-Dimension will distribute the film in the United States.
Academy Award® nominee Ethan Hawke (Before Midnight, Training Day) and Emma Watson (Noah, Harry Potter) star in the film. Regression sees the return of Amenábar to genre, where he previously had great success with Dimension Films' The Others, which grossed over $200 million worldwide.
Regression also stars David Thewlis (The Fifth Estate,...
From the Press Release
Academy award winner Alejandro Amenábar (The Sea Inside, The Others) has wrapped principal photography on Regression. The film, based on Amenábar's original screenplay is produced by Mod Entertainment, Mod Producciones, Himenóptero, First Generation Films and Telefónica Studios in association with FilmNation Entertainment, with the participation of Telefilm Canada and in collaboration with Mediaset España. TWC-Dimension will distribute the film in the United States.
Academy Award® nominee Ethan Hawke (Before Midnight, Training Day) and Emma Watson (Noah, Harry Potter) star in the film. Regression sees the return of Amenábar to genre, where he previously had great success with Dimension Films' The Others, which grossed over $200 million worldwide.
Regression also stars David Thewlis (The Fifth Estate,...
- 6/10/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Post-Harry Potter, none of the main actors have done better than Emma Watson, who went from playing wizard Hermione Granger to portraying (in short order) a kind-hearted wardrobe assistant, a radiant girl next door, a vapid socialite, herself and the adopted daughter of Noah. All of those performances were sublime and proved that Watson has more up her sleeve than just magic spells. However, her greatest challenge as an actor appears to be yet to come, now that we’ve gotten our first look at her abused lead character in Alejandro Amenábar’s thriller Regression.
Starring alongside Ethan Hawke, Watson plays a young girl named Angela who accuses her father of commiting a terrible crime. When investigator Bruce Kenner (Hawke) peers closer, he uncovers a terrifying mystery that stretches far beyond just one family. The first image from the film, above, finds a devastated Angela being comforted by Kenner. It...
Starring alongside Ethan Hawke, Watson plays a young girl named Angela who accuses her father of commiting a terrible crime. When investigator Bruce Kenner (Hawke) peers closer, he uncovers a terrifying mystery that stretches far beyond just one family. The first image from the film, above, finds a devastated Angela being comforted by Kenner. It...
- 6/10/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Sutton Foster, Michael Weston and Jimmi Simpson are set to star in the blood-splattered dark comedy "Gravy" for Solution Entertainment Group.
"Psych" star James Roday helms the project which follows three friends who try to find the perfect meal on Halloween night and enter a Mexican cantina.
Lily Cole, Gabourey Sidibe, Sarah Silverman, Paul Rodriguez, Molly Ephraim, Lothaire Bluteau, Gabriel Luna and Ethan Sandler also star.
Kerry Rock and Craig Chapman are producing. Shooting begins on Friday.
Source: THR...
"Psych" star James Roday helms the project which follows three friends who try to find the perfect meal on Halloween night and enter a Mexican cantina.
Lily Cole, Gabourey Sidibe, Sarah Silverman, Paul Rodriguez, Molly Ephraim, Lothaire Bluteau, Gabriel Luna and Ethan Sandler also star.
Kerry Rock and Craig Chapman are producing. Shooting begins on Friday.
Source: THR...
- 4/8/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Bunheads star Sutton Foster, Michael Weston and Jimmi Simpson are starring in Gravy, a genre-bending thriller being directed by James Roday, best known as one of the stars of USA’s Psych. Principal photography began Friday on the blood-splattered dark comedy, whose cast also includes Lily Cole, Gabourey Sidibe, Sarah Silverman, Paul Rodriguez, Molly Ephraim, Lothaire Bluteau, Gabriel Luna and Ethan Sandler. While Roday, who wrote the script with Todd Harthan, is keeping the plot shrouded, it is known to follow three friends who try to find the perfect meal on Halloween night and enter a Mexican cantina. The
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- 4/8/2013
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Brace yourselves. This list of the Top 100 Greatest Gay Movies is probably going to generate some howls of protest thanks to a rather major upset in the rankings. Frankly, one that surprised the hell out of us here at AfterElton.
But before we get to that, an introduction. A few weeks ago we asked AfterElton readers to submit up to ten of their favorite films by write-in vote. We conducted a similar poll several years ago, but a lot has happened culturally since then, and a number of worthy movies of gay interest have been released. We wanted to see how your list of favorites had changed.
We also wanted to expand our list to 100 from the top 50 we had done previously. We figured there were finally enough quality gay films to justify the expansion. And we wanted to break out gay documentaries onto their own list (You'll find the...
But before we get to that, an introduction. A few weeks ago we asked AfterElton readers to submit up to ten of their favorite films by write-in vote. We conducted a similar poll several years ago, but a lot has happened culturally since then, and a number of worthy movies of gay interest have been released. We wanted to see how your list of favorites had changed.
We also wanted to expand our list to 100 from the top 50 we had done previously. We figured there were finally enough quality gay films to justify the expansion. And we wanted to break out gay documentaries onto their own list (You'll find the...
- 9/11/2012
- by AfterElton.com Staff
- The Backlot
“Missing,” Season 1, Episode 2: “The Hard Drive” – TV Recap
It turns out that former CIA agent-turned-suburban mom Becca Winstone, played by Ashley Judd, merely was grazed by a bullet at the end of the premiere of ABC’s new action-adventure show “Missing” last week.
In the second episode, she quickly recovers, swimming to the banks of the Seine and climbing out of the river. She manages to collect all the wet photos of her 18-year-old son, Michael (Nick Eversman), that...
It turns out that former CIA agent-turned-suburban mom Becca Winstone, played by Ashley Judd, merely was grazed by a bullet at the end of the premiere of ABC’s new action-adventure show “Missing” last week.
In the second episode, she quickly recovers, swimming to the banks of the Seine and climbing out of the river. She manages to collect all the wet photos of her 18-year-old son, Michael (Nick Eversman), that...
- 3/23/2012
- by Kathy Shwiff
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Thanks to everybody for checking out last weeks Obscure Horror Watch List, and remember join in on this! If you can think of a movie you think should be included just leave a comment below or message me on my personal Facebook page because I'm seeing what all of you have to say! Kicking off week 2 of our obscure horror watch list for the month of Halloween. Here we go: 6. Babysitter Wanted- I don't know why I put this one off for so long! I finally watched it this week and I knew it had to go on this list! If you like little demon children, Bill Moseley and The House of the Devil then you'll have a lot of fun watching this! Plot: Angie applies for a babysitting job and finds herself on a remote farm before the Stanton family and their little boy, Sam. But Angie's first...
- 10/9/2010
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
In honor of Canada Day, we are republishing this post -- Ranylt's first on the site -- from Canada Day 2007.
July 1 is Canada Day, so while my compatriots are busy painting themselves red and perfecting their Maenadic howls in time for tonight's fireworks, I've been tasked with offering up a list of ten nifty Canadian films that are mostly off the radar outside of this country (and I throw my arms around you in delight if you're a foreigner who's actually seen any of these--French kisses for anyone who appreciates them, to boot).
Many readers seem familiar with Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter and Denys Arcand's The Decline of the American Empire. And David Cronenberg's body of work needs no introduction thanks to The Fly, Naked Lunch, Scanners, Crash (the other Crash!) and Videodrome. As unnatural as it is to omit Egoyan, Arcand and Cronenberg from a Canadian film overview,...
July 1 is Canada Day, so while my compatriots are busy painting themselves red and perfecting their Maenadic howls in time for tonight's fireworks, I've been tasked with offering up a list of ten nifty Canadian films that are mostly off the radar outside of this country (and I throw my arms around you in delight if you're a foreigner who's actually seen any of these--French kisses for anyone who appreciates them, to boot).
Many readers seem familiar with Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter and Denys Arcand's The Decline of the American Empire. And David Cronenberg's body of work needs no introduction thanks to The Fly, Naked Lunch, Scanners, Crash (the other Crash!) and Videodrome. As unnatural as it is to omit Egoyan, Arcand and Cronenberg from a Canadian film overview,...
- 7/1/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
When studios put out themed DVD collections for whatever occasion, the final result rarely does the subject in question justice. When they seek to honor independent flicks they typically just go for the most popular ones and not the best. For foreign films they’ll select the few that actually made ripples and not the underdog that had to fight for every theater screen. However, when MGM compiled its Cinema Pride Collection in honor of June being Gay Pride month they hit the nail on the head – and they hit it dead on. The collection not only features some of the favorites within the gay community but it features a few highly acclaimed heavy hitters as well. This may just be one of the best box sets a studio has ever released that isn’t based on one actor or director’s filmography. It has variety and it has quality in spades.
- 6/13/2010
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
Sony Pictures Classics re-releases "Orlando" - a film which opened in 1992 and went on to earn an Oscar nomination for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration as well as Best Costume Design. The Sally Potter-directed and written drama also took home a BAFTA award for Best Make Up Artist (Morag Ross). Sony re-releases the film in New York and Los Angeles on July 23rd. We have images in from the film starring Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Lothaire Bluteau, John Wood, Charlotte Valandreym Heathcote Williams, Quentin Crisp and Peter Eyre.
- 6/2/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
E1 Entertainment has provided us with the DVD and Blu-ray artwork as well as a brand spanking new release date for Fruit Chan's take on the Hideo Nakata tale Joyurei, or, as it will be known here, Don't Look Up.
The story follows the slow descent into madness of a film director when malicious spirits from another era invade the film stock of his latest effort and open a window to evil!
Don't Look Up starring Henry Thomas, Kevin Corrigan, Lothaire Bluteau, Carmen Chaplin, Reshad Strik, and Eli Roth will be hitting both Blu-ray and DVD on July 27th, 2010.
Look for further announcements concerning special features, etc., to be coming soon!
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Don't Look Up starring Henry Thomas, Kevin Corrigan, Lothaire Bluteau, Carmen Chaplin, Reshad Strik, and Eli Roth will be hitting both Blu-ray and DVD on July 27th, 2010.
Look for further announcements concerning special features, etc., to be coming soon!
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- 4/20/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
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Alliance Vivafilm, a film distributor, announced ([1] and [2]) that L'enfant prodige (aka André Mathieu - Le dernier des romantiques) will have a world premiere on May 9 in Shanghai during the Expo 2010 Shanghai. Afterwards, L'enfant prodige will hit theatres in Quebec on May 28, 2010.
The biopic about Canadian pianist André Mathieu (1929-1968) was produced with a budget of $6 million by Daniel Louis (Les invasions barbares) and Denise Robert (Maurice Richard). It was directed and written by Luc Dionne.
The story follows André Mathieu (Guillaume Lebon plays the child and Patrick Drolet, the adult), a Montreal-born pianist who was described as the "Canadian Mozart" during his childhood. Because of his talent, he will travel in Europe in order to study piano with different great teachers like Arthur Honneger (Marc Béland) and Jacques de la Presle (Patrice Coquereau) just to name a few. Moreover, André Mathieu will also come across Russian pianist Sergei Rachmaninov (Itzhak Finzi...
The biopic about Canadian pianist André Mathieu (1929-1968) was produced with a budget of $6 million by Daniel Louis (Les invasions barbares) and Denise Robert (Maurice Richard). It was directed and written by Luc Dionne.
The story follows André Mathieu (Guillaume Lebon plays the child and Patrick Drolet, the adult), a Montreal-born pianist who was described as the "Canadian Mozart" during his childhood. Because of his talent, he will travel in Europe in order to study piano with different great teachers like Arthur Honneger (Marc Béland) and Jacques de la Presle (Patrice Coquereau) just to name a few. Moreover, André Mathieu will also come across Russian pianist Sergei Rachmaninov (Itzhak Finzi...
- 3/31/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Mark Kermode chooses the most believable sons of God...
Lothaire Bluteau in Jesus of Montreal (1989)
It's perhaps ironic that the best telling of the Easter story is a solidly secular work, but Denys Arcand's modern parable about a troupe of actors attempting to breathe new life into the Gospels (and annoying the church in the process) is a genuine masterpiece. Bluteau is mesmerising as the performer who starts to take Christ's teachings to heart, thereby radicalising those around him and threatening the authorities. Arcand's intelligent script even contrives a real-life resurrection which offers eyesight to the blind and health to the sick. A real cinematic miracle.
Ted Neeley in Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
Hey kids! Jesus Rocks! Nowadays, this film of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical would doubtless be cast via a trashyTV show entitled How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Messiah? Back in 1973, however,...
Lothaire Bluteau in Jesus of Montreal (1989)
It's perhaps ironic that the best telling of the Easter story is a solidly secular work, but Denys Arcand's modern parable about a troupe of actors attempting to breathe new life into the Gospels (and annoying the church in the process) is a genuine masterpiece. Bluteau is mesmerising as the performer who starts to take Christ's teachings to heart, thereby radicalising those around him and threatening the authorities. Arcand's intelligent script even contrives a real-life resurrection which offers eyesight to the blind and health to the sick. A real cinematic miracle.
Ted Neeley in Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
Hey kids! Jesus Rocks! Nowadays, this film of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical would doubtless be cast via a trashyTV show entitled How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Messiah? Back in 1973, however,...
- 3/28/2010
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Prepare yourself for one of the most graphic and grotesque trailers to come this way in quite some time. The new trailer for horror, thriller Don't Look Up shows everything from demon babies to headless corpses and back to multiple disfigurements. Long in length, this trailer will keep you awake knowing that there are some sick souls out there! The film was created by Distant Horizons and the show gets shipped via mini' coffins September 21st (not literally). Other trivia fans might enjoy from director Fruit Chan's Don't Look Up include a cameo appearance from Eli Roth, the film is a remake of a Japanese film known as Ghost Actress, and the film was originally set to film in Romania (Uhm). Grip your chair closely and then push play.
The tiny synopsis for Don't Look Up here:
"The story features a film production in Transylvania which is tainted by...
The tiny synopsis for Don't Look Up here:
"The story features a film production in Transylvania which is tainted by...
- 2/17/2010
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Director Fruit Chan (Dumplings in Three … Extremes) is remaking Hideo Nakata’s 1996 horror pic, Joyû-rei. You’re probably familiar with Nakata from Ringu, which was redone as The Ring. From the press release: “Set in and around an abandoned film studio from another era, “Don’t Look Up” charts the unravelling sanity of a director and his crew when spirits from that era invade the film stock of the contemporary production and, in a few stark frames, open a horrifying window on a terrible curse from the past. Don’t Look Up stars Henry Thomas, Kevin Corrigan, Lothaire Bluteau, Carmen Chaplin, and Reshad Strik. Eli Roth makes a cameo appearance. There are some [...]Post from: Screamstress...
- 8/9/2009
- by Alison
- Screamstress.com
As if the trailer for Fruit Chan's Don't Look Up wasn't ghastly enough, some really disturbing "birthing" photos have come our way that should be more than enough incentive to invest in condoms.
The story follows the slow descent into madness of a film director when malicious spirits from another era invade the film stock of his latest effort and open a window to evil!
Don't Look Up, starring Henry Thomas, Kevin Corrigan, Lothaire Bluteau, Carmen Chaplin, Reshad Strik, and Eli Roth, will be playing at The Sitges Film Festival.
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The story follows the slow descent into madness of a film director when malicious spirits from another era invade the film stock of his latest effort and open a window to evil!
Don't Look Up, starring Henry Thomas, Kevin Corrigan, Lothaire Bluteau, Carmen Chaplin, Reshad Strik, and Eli Roth, will be playing at The Sitges Film Festival.
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- 8/8/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
"Set in an abandoned film studio from another era, Don't Look Up, charts the unraveling sanity of a director and his crew, when spirits invade the film stock of their production." The film stars Henry Thomas, Kevin Corrigan, Lothaire Bluteau, Carmen Chaplin and Reshad Strik. Update: Horror-Movies.ca has learned that the film will be making its debut at the Sitges Film Festival. Check out the disturbing trailer and pictures below.
- 8/7/2009
- by Press Release Robot
- HorrorYearbook
Just a day after the first still came to light, the trailer for Fruit Chan's take on the Hideo Nakata tale Joyurei, Don't Look Up, has dropped; and it looks insane.
The story follows the slow descent into madness of a film director when malicious spirits from another era invade the film stock of his latest effort and open a window to evil!
Don't Look Up starring Henry Thomas, Kevin Corrigan, Lothaire Bluteau, Carmen Chaplin, Reshad Strik, and Eli Roth will be playing at The Sitges Film Festival. Check out the trailer below courtesy of eagle eyed reader "slice".
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Don't Look Up starring Henry Thomas, Kevin Corrigan, Lothaire Bluteau, Carmen Chaplin, Reshad Strik, and Eli Roth will be playing at The Sitges Film Festival. Check out the trailer below courtesy of eagle eyed reader "slice".
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- 8/6/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
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One project we haven't heard a whole hell of a lot about lately is Fruit Chan’s English-language debut, the remake of Hideo Nakata’s Don’t Look Up. Things seem to be moving along nicely though because a still has surfaced that dishes out the violence by the eye-full!
DC reader JoseK just sent us in the still you see below, which pretty much speaks for itself. Don't Look Up starring Henry Thomas, Kevin Corrigan, Lothaire Bluteau, Carmen Chaplin, Reshad Strik, and Eli Roth will be playing at The Sitges Film Festival. More soon!
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DC reader JoseK just sent us in the still you see below, which pretty much speaks for itself. Don't Look Up starring Henry Thomas, Kevin Corrigan, Lothaire Bluteau, Carmen Chaplin, Reshad Strik, and Eli Roth will be playing at The Sitges Film Festival. More soon!
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- 8/4/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
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Taormina Film Festival
TAORMINA, Italy -- A supposedly satirical look at assisted reproduction, the storyline to Mary McGuckian's "Inconceivable" stays true to its title. And its visual concept -- fast-paced editing, fragmented audio and sound superimposition/effects and sped-up and slowed-down images straight from "CSI" -- ensures that the film never loses its television feel.
Although full of biological inaccuracies, the film demands that its underlying drama be taken seriously as it negates the very women that make up its core audience. Nine women go to a renowned Las Vegas fertility clinic run by Doctor Freeman (Colm Feore) and miraculously all but one end up pregnant. The ninth and least fertile (Jennifer Tilly), however, winds up naturally pregnant shortly thereafter.
A year later, when comparing baby pictures, one of the women, Tutu (Elizabeth McGovern), notices that most of the children could be identical twins. A seasoned journalist, she blows the whistle on their fertility group and an investigation begins. Did Freeman or his assistant (Jordi Molla) give them all the same sperm to bolster his clinic's success rate and continue raking in the dough? Should the beneficiaries even care or just be happy that they finally got the miracle no one else could grant them?
To add to the pathos, the stories run the gamut of the human spectrum -- a gay couple with a surrogate mother, a lesbian couple, a wealthy elderly woman (Geraldine Chaplin) who must produce an heir to keep her husband's trust fund and various middle-aged women (from meek to wild) desperate to become mothers.
The mystery is solved by simply tossing the workings of DNA (children get 50% of their chromosomes from the mother and the other half from the father) to the wayside -- i.e., by the existence of a "super sperm that out-spermed all the other sperm." Thus, women are nothing more than carriers who bear no influence on the physical appearance of their children. With so many valid and complex ethical, emotional and dramatic questions related to artificial insemination, was creating a physiologically impossible situation really necessary?
What is saddest here is that a female cast that further includes Amanda Plummer and Andie McDowell should be so wasted. It would have been more interesting to see these women, now grappling with their own issues of reaching or surpassing middle age, sink their teeth into material on aging and motherhood with much more depth.
Production companies: Pembridge Pictures, Scion Films, Prospero Pictures. Cast: Colm Feore, Jennifer Tilly, Elizabeth McGovern, Andie McDowell, Amanda Plummer, Jordi Molla, Geraldine Chaplin, Lothaire Bluteau. Screenwriter/Director: Mary McGuckian. Producer: McGuckian, Jeff Abberley, Martin Katz. Director of Photography: Mark Wolf. Production designer: Max Gottlieb. Music: Kevin Banks. Costume Designer: Sally O'Sullivan. Editor: David Freemantle. 105 minutes.
TAORMINA, Italy -- A supposedly satirical look at assisted reproduction, the storyline to Mary McGuckian's "Inconceivable" stays true to its title. And its visual concept -- fast-paced editing, fragmented audio and sound superimposition/effects and sped-up and slowed-down images straight from "CSI" -- ensures that the film never loses its television feel.
Although full of biological inaccuracies, the film demands that its underlying drama be taken seriously as it negates the very women that make up its core audience. Nine women go to a renowned Las Vegas fertility clinic run by Doctor Freeman (Colm Feore) and miraculously all but one end up pregnant. The ninth and least fertile (Jennifer Tilly), however, winds up naturally pregnant shortly thereafter.
A year later, when comparing baby pictures, one of the women, Tutu (Elizabeth McGovern), notices that most of the children could be identical twins. A seasoned journalist, she blows the whistle on their fertility group and an investigation begins. Did Freeman or his assistant (Jordi Molla) give them all the same sperm to bolster his clinic's success rate and continue raking in the dough? Should the beneficiaries even care or just be happy that they finally got the miracle no one else could grant them?
To add to the pathos, the stories run the gamut of the human spectrum -- a gay couple with a surrogate mother, a lesbian couple, a wealthy elderly woman (Geraldine Chaplin) who must produce an heir to keep her husband's trust fund and various middle-aged women (from meek to wild) desperate to become mothers.
The mystery is solved by simply tossing the workings of DNA (children get 50% of their chromosomes from the mother and the other half from the father) to the wayside -- i.e., by the existence of a "super sperm that out-spermed all the other sperm." Thus, women are nothing more than carriers who bear no influence on the physical appearance of their children. With so many valid and complex ethical, emotional and dramatic questions related to artificial insemination, was creating a physiologically impossible situation really necessary?
What is saddest here is that a female cast that further includes Amanda Plummer and Andie McDowell should be so wasted. It would have been more interesting to see these women, now grappling with their own issues of reaching or surpassing middle age, sink their teeth into material on aging and motherhood with much more depth.
Production companies: Pembridge Pictures, Scion Films, Prospero Pictures. Cast: Colm Feore, Jennifer Tilly, Elizabeth McGovern, Andie McDowell, Amanda Plummer, Jordi Molla, Geraldine Chaplin, Lothaire Bluteau. Screenwriter/Director: Mary McGuckian. Producer: McGuckian, Jeff Abberley, Martin Katz. Director of Photography: Mark Wolf. Production designer: Max Gottlieb. Music: Kevin Banks. Costume Designer: Sally O'Sullivan. Editor: David Freemantle. 105 minutes.
- 6/24/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
AFI Fest
Writer-director Jay Craven calls "Disappearances" a Vermont Western, an apt description for this Depression-era saga of whiskey running across the Canadian border. A frontier spirit and a strong connection to the landscape inform the piece, which aims not to wow but to immerse the viewer in a mystical, hardscrabble, bygone world.
Craven explores matters of character, family and fate with a wise restraint; even the film's passages of magic-realism are subdued. With its dreamy languor and nature-attuned rhythms, "Disappearances", which screened at AFI Fest, will not be an easy boxoffice proposition. But the presence of three near-iconic figures of art house cinema -- Kris Kristofferson, Genevieve Bujold and Gary Farmer -- will lure buffs and adventurous filmgoers.
Based on the 1977 novel, "Disappearances" marks Craven's third screen adaptation of a work by Howard Frank Mosher. The Vermont-based director, who also filmed Mosher's "Where the Rivers Flow North" and "Stranger in the Kingdom", has a clear feel for the place and its history. "Disappearances" unfolds in the state's Kingdom County in 1932, centering on Bonhomme patriarch Quebec Bill (Kristofferson), a man of remarkable equanimity and resilience. After losing his barn to fire, he returns to the family occupation of whiskey running, over the mild objections of his wife, Evangeline (Heather Rae), in order to raise much-needed cash to buy hay for his starving animals. He also convinces her that their 15-year-old son, the hopefully named Wild Bill (Charlie McDermott), should join him on the Prohibition-defying expedition.
The pensive but eager Wild Bill's coming-of-age adventure involves his first taste of whiskey and his first time killing a man. Through it all he receives advice, warnings and prophecies from Cordelia (Bujold), his mystical aunt who reads a particular omen in the sudden appearance of a golden-eyed snow owl. Although she stayed back on the farm with the boy's mother, Cordelia appears to him at various times during the trip. Better than anyone, she understands his connection to preceding generations of Bonhomme men -- some of who disappeared under the influence of liquor and illegal activities. Quebec Bill's other partners in this latest run are his longtime farmhand, Rat (William Sanderson), a man of constant sorrow, and brother-in-law Henry Farmer), proud owner of a Cadillac he has named White Lightning.
Quebec Bill soon determines that their contract job for a couple of French-Canadian bootleggers involves stealing back hijacked Seagram's from the notorious Carcajou (Lothaire Bluteau), a feral pirate in Civil War regalia. After snatching a dozen cases of the contraband liquor, they try to outrun the seemingly unkillable Carcajou, his gang, a motorboat and automatic rifles. During the four-day odyssey they steal a train, enlist the help of a monk (Luis Guzman) who's a devoted imbiber and persevere in the face of serious injuries, pressing on across eerily beautiful woods and lakes.
Led by Kristofferson's fascinating Quebec Bill, the cast delivers flavorful but unshowy performances that suit the material. Wolfgang Held's graceful, evocative widescreen camerawork and the Arcadian/Celtic dirge of the score by composers Judy Hyman and Jeff Claus are strong components of the impressively realized low-budget production.
Writer-director Jay Craven calls "Disappearances" a Vermont Western, an apt description for this Depression-era saga of whiskey running across the Canadian border. A frontier spirit and a strong connection to the landscape inform the piece, which aims not to wow but to immerse the viewer in a mystical, hardscrabble, bygone world.
Craven explores matters of character, family and fate with a wise restraint; even the film's passages of magic-realism are subdued. With its dreamy languor and nature-attuned rhythms, "Disappearances", which screened at AFI Fest, will not be an easy boxoffice proposition. But the presence of three near-iconic figures of art house cinema -- Kris Kristofferson, Genevieve Bujold and Gary Farmer -- will lure buffs and adventurous filmgoers.
Based on the 1977 novel, "Disappearances" marks Craven's third screen adaptation of a work by Howard Frank Mosher. The Vermont-based director, who also filmed Mosher's "Where the Rivers Flow North" and "Stranger in the Kingdom", has a clear feel for the place and its history. "Disappearances" unfolds in the state's Kingdom County in 1932, centering on Bonhomme patriarch Quebec Bill (Kristofferson), a man of remarkable equanimity and resilience. After losing his barn to fire, he returns to the family occupation of whiskey running, over the mild objections of his wife, Evangeline (Heather Rae), in order to raise much-needed cash to buy hay for his starving animals. He also convinces her that their 15-year-old son, the hopefully named Wild Bill (Charlie McDermott), should join him on the Prohibition-defying expedition.
The pensive but eager Wild Bill's coming-of-age adventure involves his first taste of whiskey and his first time killing a man. Through it all he receives advice, warnings and prophecies from Cordelia (Bujold), his mystical aunt who reads a particular omen in the sudden appearance of a golden-eyed snow owl. Although she stayed back on the farm with the boy's mother, Cordelia appears to him at various times during the trip. Better than anyone, she understands his connection to preceding generations of Bonhomme men -- some of who disappeared under the influence of liquor and illegal activities. Quebec Bill's other partners in this latest run are his longtime farmhand, Rat (William Sanderson), a man of constant sorrow, and brother-in-law Henry Farmer), proud owner of a Cadillac he has named White Lightning.
Quebec Bill soon determines that their contract job for a couple of French-Canadian bootleggers involves stealing back hijacked Seagram's from the notorious Carcajou (Lothaire Bluteau), a feral pirate in Civil War regalia. After snatching a dozen cases of the contraband liquor, they try to outrun the seemingly unkillable Carcajou, his gang, a motorboat and automatic rifles. During the four-day odyssey they steal a train, enlist the help of a monk (Luis Guzman) who's a devoted imbiber and persevere in the face of serious injuries, pressing on across eerily beautiful woods and lakes.
Led by Kristofferson's fascinating Quebec Bill, the cast delivers flavorful but unshowy performances that suit the material. Wolfgang Held's graceful, evocative widescreen camerawork and the Arcadian/Celtic dirge of the score by composers Judy Hyman and Jeff Claus are strong components of the impressively realized low-budget production.
- 11/14/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Toronto International Film Festival
A portrait of a family in crisis, Agnieszka Holland's latest film hits the ground running, and that forward momentum carries it for its intriguing first hour before it heads smack into a melodramatic wall and never recovers.
The promising portion involves the relationship between Julie (Australia's impressive Miranda Otto) and her common-law husband Henry (William Fichtner) and what happens to it when she finds him in their bed with another woman.
In the midst of their certain breakup, their young son, Nicholas (nicely played by Ryan Smith), is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Desperate for a miracle, Julie brings the fragile boy to Poland, where Alexis, a creepy Russian healer ("Jesus of Montreal"'s Lothaire Bluteau), is said to cure people by the hundreds.
So far, so good -- and Holland, best known for "The Secret Garden" and "Europa, Europa", allows the story to unfold with jittery, erratic rhythms that neatly reflect the emotional pulse of its female protagonist.
Alas, not only does the creepy Russian guy with the miracle hands makes Nicholas' cancer go into remission, he also steals Julie's heart, and the two plunge into a rather preposterous, starry-eyed romance that would have been right at home on an afternoon soap.
Things will take one final, more sensible turn. But by that time, the film -- written by Holland along with Arlene Sarner and Roman Gren -- has crumbled under the dictates of a Canada-Germany-Poland co-production agreement under which it must be all things to all countries and ultimately ends up pleasing no one.
A portrait of a family in crisis, Agnieszka Holland's latest film hits the ground running, and that forward momentum carries it for its intriguing first hour before it heads smack into a melodramatic wall and never recovers.
The promising portion involves the relationship between Julie (Australia's impressive Miranda Otto) and her common-law husband Henry (William Fichtner) and what happens to it when she finds him in their bed with another woman.
In the midst of their certain breakup, their young son, Nicholas (nicely played by Ryan Smith), is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Desperate for a miracle, Julie brings the fragile boy to Poland, where Alexis, a creepy Russian healer ("Jesus of Montreal"'s Lothaire Bluteau), is said to cure people by the hundreds.
So far, so good -- and Holland, best known for "The Secret Garden" and "Europa, Europa", allows the story to unfold with jittery, erratic rhythms that neatly reflect the emotional pulse of its female protagonist.
Alas, not only does the creepy Russian guy with the miracle hands makes Nicholas' cancer go into remission, he also steals Julie's heart, and the two plunge into a rather preposterous, starry-eyed romance that would have been right at home on an afternoon soap.
Things will take one final, more sensible turn. But by that time, the film -- written by Holland along with Arlene Sarner and Roman Gren -- has crumbled under the dictates of a Canada-Germany-Poland co-production agreement under which it must be all things to all countries and ultimately ends up pleasing no one.
- 10/17/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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