Actress Sienna Miller (“Horizon: An American Saga”) poses for the Twinset Spring and Summer 2024 wardrobe campaign, photographed by Daniel Jackson:
Prior to a professional acting career, Miller worked as a print model for Coca-Cola, Italian Vogue and appeared in the 2003 Pirelli Calendar.
Signing with Pepe Jeans London, Miller was featured in their March 2006 campaign and continues to design a fashion line for them today.
February 2009, Miller became 'ambassador' for the fragrance Boss Orange women's perfume.
In 2001, she appeared in the feature "South Kensington" followed by a recurring role in the one-season, episodic TV drama "Keen Eddie". In 2004 Miller had a supporting role in the remake of "Alfie".
This was followed by playing the female lead in "Casanova". In 2006 she starred as 'Edie Sedgwick' in the bio-pic "Factory Girl".
In 2007, Miller appeared in 3 films including "Stardust", "Interview" and "Camille". In 2008 Miller co-starred with Keira Knightley in "The Edge of Love...
Prior to a professional acting career, Miller worked as a print model for Coca-Cola, Italian Vogue and appeared in the 2003 Pirelli Calendar.
Signing with Pepe Jeans London, Miller was featured in their March 2006 campaign and continues to design a fashion line for them today.
February 2009, Miller became 'ambassador' for the fragrance Boss Orange women's perfume.
In 2001, she appeared in the feature "South Kensington" followed by a recurring role in the one-season, episodic TV drama "Keen Eddie". In 2004 Miller had a supporting role in the remake of "Alfie".
This was followed by playing the female lead in "Casanova". In 2006 she starred as 'Edie Sedgwick' in the bio-pic "Factory Girl".
In 2007, Miller appeared in 3 films including "Stardust", "Interview" and "Camille". In 2008 Miller co-starred with Keira Knightley in "The Edge of Love...
- 4/17/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Actress Sienna Miller (“Horizon: An American Saga”) poses for the new Twinset Spring Summer 2024 ad campaign, photographed by Daniel Jackson:
Prior to a professional acting career, Miller worked as a print model for Coca-Cola, Italian Vogue and appeared in the 2003 Pirelli Calendar.
Signing with Pepe Jeans London, Miller was featured in their March 2006 campaign and continues to design a fashion line for them today.
February 2009, Miller became 'ambassador' for the fragrance Boss Orange women's perfume.
In 2001, she appeared in the feature "South Kensington" followed by a recurring role in the one-season, episodic TV drama "Keen Eddie". In 2004 Miller had a supporting role in the remake of "Alfie".
This was followed by playing the female lead in "Casanova". In 2006 she starred as 'Edie Sedgwick' in the bio-pic "Factory Girl".
In 2007, Miller appeared in 3 films including "Stardust", "Interview" and "Camille". In 2008 Miller co-starred with Keira Knightley in "The Edge of Love...
Prior to a professional acting career, Miller worked as a print model for Coca-Cola, Italian Vogue and appeared in the 2003 Pirelli Calendar.
Signing with Pepe Jeans London, Miller was featured in their March 2006 campaign and continues to design a fashion line for them today.
February 2009, Miller became 'ambassador' for the fragrance Boss Orange women's perfume.
In 2001, she appeared in the feature "South Kensington" followed by a recurring role in the one-season, episodic TV drama "Keen Eddie". In 2004 Miller had a supporting role in the remake of "Alfie".
This was followed by playing the female lead in "Casanova". In 2006 she starred as 'Edie Sedgwick' in the bio-pic "Factory Girl".
In 2007, Miller appeared in 3 films including "Stardust", "Interview" and "Camille". In 2008 Miller co-starred with Keira Knightley in "The Edge of Love...
- 4/3/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Having trouble predicting who will win Best Drama Actress at the 2024 Emmy Awards? Let’s consult Gold Derby’s Emmy Experts! These savvy pundits from major media outlets have chimed in with their first set of predictions, and they say the trophy will go to Jennifer Aniston (“The Morning Show”). The other potential nominees at this early stage are Emma Stone (“The Curse”), Imelda Staunton (“The Crown”), Juliette Binoche (“The New Look”), Rosario Dawson (“Ahsoka”) and Carrie Coon (“The Gilded Age”) — but that could all change in the coming months.
As of this writing, four out of our nine Emmy Experts predict a victory for Aniston: Clayton Davis (Variety), Jazz Tangcay (Variety), Joyce Eng (Gold Derby) and Ray Richmond (Gold Derby). She plays journalist Alex Levy who, during Season 3 of Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show,” begins a romantic relationship with tech billionaire Paul Marks (Jon Hamm). This would be...
As of this writing, four out of our nine Emmy Experts predict a victory for Aniston: Clayton Davis (Variety), Jazz Tangcay (Variety), Joyce Eng (Gold Derby) and Ray Richmond (Gold Derby). She plays journalist Alex Levy who, during Season 3 of Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show,” begins a romantic relationship with tech billionaire Paul Marks (Jon Hamm). This would be...
- 4/1/2024
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Sarah Rice, who performed the pivotal role of the endangered Johanna in the original Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, died Saturday of cancer. She was 68.
Her death was announced in an Instagram post by her friend and fellow performer Rebecca Caine, who remembered Rice for her love of animals. “May you be greeted by every animal you ever loved on the other side and may green finch and linnet birds sing you to your rest,” wrote Caine, referring to the Sweeney number “Green Finch & Linnet Bird” performed by the Johanna character.
Rice, whose Sweeney role in 1979 was her first and only Broadway performance, revisited her signature song just two years ago at the Sondheim Unplugged concert staged at New York’s 54 Below.
Sarah Rice sings “Green Finch and Linnet Bird” at 54 Below in 2022
Born March 5, 1955, in Okinawa, Japan, where her father...
Her death was announced in an Instagram post by her friend and fellow performer Rebecca Caine, who remembered Rice for her love of animals. “May you be greeted by every animal you ever loved on the other side and may green finch and linnet birds sing you to your rest,” wrote Caine, referring to the Sweeney number “Green Finch & Linnet Bird” performed by the Johanna character.
Rice, whose Sweeney role in 1979 was her first and only Broadway performance, revisited her signature song just two years ago at the Sondheim Unplugged concert staged at New York’s 54 Below.
Sarah Rice sings “Green Finch and Linnet Bird” at 54 Below in 2022
Born March 5, 1955, in Okinawa, Japan, where her father...
- 1/8/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Woody Norman, Lizzy Caplan, Antony Starr, Cleopatra Coleman | Written by Chris Thomas Devlin | Directed by Samuel Bodin
Cobweb begins a week before Halloween when Peter is woken up by the sound of knocking seemingly coming from inside his bedroom wall. You can’t blame him for being creeped out, with its peeling paint and backyard full of rotting pumpkins the house already looks like something out of a horror movie. And then there’s that weird bulging thing the walls in his room do while he’s sleeping.
We also quickly learn that he has no friends and gets bullied at school. His parents Carol and Mark also won’t let him dress up for Halloween, something that may be related to the disappearance of a young girl a few years ago. Unsurprisingly they also don’t believe him about the knocking.
Writer Chris Thomas Devlin, whose only other...
Cobweb begins a week before Halloween when Peter is woken up by the sound of knocking seemingly coming from inside his bedroom wall. You can’t blame him for being creeped out, with its peeling paint and backyard full of rotting pumpkins the house already looks like something out of a horror movie. And then there’s that weird bulging thing the walls in his room do while he’s sleeping.
We also quickly learn that he has no friends and gets bullied at school. His parents Carol and Mark also won’t let him dress up for Halloween, something that may be related to the disappearance of a young girl a few years ago. Unsurprisingly they also don’t believe him about the knocking.
Writer Chris Thomas Devlin, whose only other...
- 10/31/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
In the tradition of Barbarella and Danger: Diabolik comes this swinging ‘60s action orgy as bisexual super-villain Sumuru (the luscious Shirley Eaton of Goldfinger) launches a diabolical plan to enslave the male species with her army of lusty warrior women. But when Sumuru kidnaps a fugitive American playboy, she crosses a sadistic crime boss the sexes that will bring Brazil to its knees in more ways than one. Richard Wyler (The Bounty Killer) and Maria Rohm (Eugenie) co-star in this kinky cult favorite from producer Harry Alan Towers (The Blook of Fu Manchu) and director Jess Franco (Venus in Furs). Also known as Rio 70, Future Women, and The Seven Secrets of Sumuru, The Girl from Rio is now presented in a brand-new 4K restoration from the original camera negative, totally uncut and uncensored with all its eye-popping nudity, torture, and lesbianism in Dolby Vision Hdr!
Enter for your chance...
Enter for your chance...
- 9/24/2023
- by Slant Staff
- Slant Magazine
Actress Sienna Miller poses for the September 2023 issue of "Grazia UK" magazine:
Prior to a professional acting career, Miller worked as a print model for Coca-Cola, Italian Vogue and appeared in the 2003 Pirelli Calendar.
Signing with Pepe Jeans London, Miller was featured in their March 2006 campaign and continues to design a fashion line for them today.
February 2009, Miller became 'ambassador' for the fragrance Boss Orange women's perfume.
In 2001, she appeared in the feature "South Kensington" followed by a recurring role in the one-season, episodic TV drama "Keen Eddie". In 2004 Miller had a supporting role in the remake of "Alfie".
This was followed by playing the female lead in "Casanova". In 2006 she starred as 'Edie Sedgwick' in the bio-pic "Factory Girl". In 2007, Miller appeared in 3 films including "Stardust", "Interview" and "Camille". In 2008 Miller co-starred with Keira Knightley in "The Edge of Love".
In 2009 Miller played villain 'The Baroness' in...
Prior to a professional acting career, Miller worked as a print model for Coca-Cola, Italian Vogue and appeared in the 2003 Pirelli Calendar.
Signing with Pepe Jeans London, Miller was featured in their March 2006 campaign and continues to design a fashion line for them today.
February 2009, Miller became 'ambassador' for the fragrance Boss Orange women's perfume.
In 2001, she appeared in the feature "South Kensington" followed by a recurring role in the one-season, episodic TV drama "Keen Eddie". In 2004 Miller had a supporting role in the remake of "Alfie".
This was followed by playing the female lead in "Casanova". In 2006 she starred as 'Edie Sedgwick' in the bio-pic "Factory Girl". In 2007, Miller appeared in 3 films including "Stardust", "Interview" and "Camille". In 2008 Miller co-starred with Keira Knightley in "The Edge of Love".
In 2009 Miller played villain 'The Baroness' in...
- 9/11/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
“The Crown” is an Emmys force to reckon with. Amassing a whopping 21 Emmy wins across its first four seasons, the latest fifth season will hope to continue that impressive run.
Season five crept ever closer to modern-day history as it took place in the 1990s, in which several major events were depicted in the Netflix show. These included Queen Elizabeth‘s “annus horribilis,” the Queen’s state visit to Russia, the start of Tony Blair‘s (Bertie Carvel) reign as Prime Minister, the public divorce between Prince Charles (Dominic West) and Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki), and the latter’s “Panorama” interview.
This season featured plenty of knock-out performances, as per usual with “The Crown,” and none more so than Imelda Staunton‘s turn as Queen Elizabeth. Staunton took over the role from Claire Foy and Olivia Colman and made the role, the third rendition of the character, entirely her own.
Season five crept ever closer to modern-day history as it took place in the 1990s, in which several major events were depicted in the Netflix show. These included Queen Elizabeth‘s “annus horribilis,” the Queen’s state visit to Russia, the start of Tony Blair‘s (Bertie Carvel) reign as Prime Minister, the public divorce between Prince Charles (Dominic West) and Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki), and the latter’s “Panorama” interview.
This season featured plenty of knock-out performances, as per usual with “The Crown,” and none more so than Imelda Staunton‘s turn as Queen Elizabeth. Staunton took over the role from Claire Foy and Olivia Colman and made the role, the third rendition of the character, entirely her own.
- 6/22/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
The Kinks will mark their 60th anniversary as a band with a two-year celebration that kicks off this March with The Journey – Part 1, a two-disc compilation featuring songs handpicked by the surviving members.
Boasting tracks from the Rock Hall-inducted group’s first singles in 1964 to their 1975 concept albums, each side of The Journey – Part 1 — curated by Ray and Dave Davies and Mick Avery — follows a narrative arc, ranging from “Songs about becoming a man, the search for adventure, finding an identity and a girl” to “Days and nights of a lost soul,...
Boasting tracks from the Rock Hall-inducted group’s first singles in 1964 to their 1975 concept albums, each side of The Journey – Part 1 — curated by Ray and Dave Davies and Mick Avery — follows a narrative arc, ranging from “Songs about becoming a man, the search for adventure, finding an identity and a girl” to “Days and nights of a lost soul,...
- 2/15/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Lisa Loring, who played Wednesday Addams on the original live-action Addams Family series, has died, our sister site Variety confirms. She was 64.
TV writer and producer Laura Jacobson announced Loring’s passing Sunday on Facebook, writing, “It is with great sadness that I report the death of our friend, Lisa Loring.” According to Jacobson, the actress “suffered a massive stroke brought on by smoking and high blood pressure” four days prior and has been on life support for three days.
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TV writer and producer Laura Jacobson announced Loring’s passing Sunday on Facebook, writing, “It is with great sadness that I report the death of our friend, Lisa Loring.” According to Jacobson, the actress “suffered a massive stroke brought on by smoking and high blood pressure” four days prior and has been on life support for three days.
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- 1/30/2023
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
All week our writers will debate: Which was the greatest film year of the past half century. Click here for a complete list of our essays. It’s perhaps a little quaint to choose a year that I wasn’t even alive during to represent the best year of cinema. I was not there to observe how any of these films conversed with the culture around them when they were first screened. So, although I am choosing the glorious year of 1973, I am choosing not just due to a perusal of top ten lists that year—but because the films that were released that year greatly influenced how I engage with movies now, in 2015. Films speak to more than just the audiences that watch them—they speak to each other. Filmmakers inspire each other. Allusions are made. A patchwork begins. These are the movies of our lives. Having grown up with cinema in the 90s,...
- 4/30/2015
- by Brian Formo
- Hitfix
There's a good case to be made for this being the silliest Bond of them all, but Moonraker's still a lot of fun...
Well, we’ve come a long, long way since From Russia With Love. Moonraker: a film that redefined the possibilities of the Bond franchise if only by sheer scale of stupidity. The space bits are relatively by-the-numbers (other than being in space). However, the script was probably written in crayon. Chases happen without explanation, people randomly bump into each other, the utterly implausible is presented as mundane. Purists think of Istanbul and weep. But treat the whole thing as a comedy – perhaps a gentle spoof – and you’ll actually enjoy yourself. A plot-hole drinking game will get everyone plastered.
The Villain: Weirdly good. The master of the dry putdown – “James Bond. You defy my attempts to devise an amusing death for you” – Hugo Drax almost steals the film.
Well, we’ve come a long, long way since From Russia With Love. Moonraker: a film that redefined the possibilities of the Bond franchise if only by sheer scale of stupidity. The space bits are relatively by-the-numbers (other than being in space). However, the script was probably written in crayon. Chases happen without explanation, people randomly bump into each other, the utterly implausible is presented as mundane. Purists think of Istanbul and weep. But treat the whole thing as a comedy – perhaps a gentle spoof – and you’ll actually enjoy yourself. A plot-hole drinking game will get everyone plastered.
The Villain: Weirdly good. The master of the dry putdown – “James Bond. You defy my attempts to devise an amusing death for you” – Hugo Drax almost steals the film.
- 4/23/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Roger Moore comes up against the excellent Christopher Lee in our look back at The Man With The Golden Gun...
The Film: Lousy, quite frankly. Throws away a brilliant premise and the best villain of the series. A decent if uninspiring first act slides into an utterly shambolic second. Clarity is left by the wayside, dignity jettisoned swiftly after. The Solex Agitator must be the dullest MacGuffin in cinema, the villain’s lair is a solar power plant operated by a single henchman (who looks highly unqualified in thermal energy). Potentially strong scenes are sabotaged by nonsensical additions: Goodnight in the wardrobe, the ‘whoop’ noise as the car corkscrews over the river.
The Villain: Destroys the received wisdom that a Bond film is measured by its antagonist. Were that the case, Golden Gun would be a stone cold classic. Francisco Scaramanga is the baddie benchmark. He is far more compelling...
The Film: Lousy, quite frankly. Throws away a brilliant premise and the best villain of the series. A decent if uninspiring first act slides into an utterly shambolic second. Clarity is left by the wayside, dignity jettisoned swiftly after. The Solex Agitator must be the dullest MacGuffin in cinema, the villain’s lair is a solar power plant operated by a single henchman (who looks highly unqualified in thermal energy). Potentially strong scenes are sabotaged by nonsensical additions: Goodnight in the wardrobe, the ‘whoop’ noise as the car corkscrews over the river.
The Villain: Destroys the received wisdom that a Bond film is measured by its antagonist. Were that the case, Golden Gun would be a stone cold classic. Francisco Scaramanga is the baddie benchmark. He is far more compelling...
- 4/6/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Kaci takes a look at M.R. Carey's supernatural novel, The Girl With All The Gifts, the latest book club fiction entry...
This review contains spoilers.
In The Girl With All the Gifts, M.R. Carey manages to write a thoroughly enjoyable story filled with characters who frequently make it difficult to like them. Even Miss Justineau, who through Melanie's eyes seems like angelic perfection, isn't particularly so once you get inside her head — not only is there the revelation about her hit-and-run accident, but there's also the fact that her thoughts about Melanie frequently are not the motherly affection Melanie assumes her to feel. She's more pragmatic and distant than that inside her own head.
The interesting thing is that despite these characters' flaws and unlikeability, I found myself rooting for them anyway. Gallagher was a self-admitted coward who abandoned a girl he'd gotten pregnant and I still wanted...
This review contains spoilers.
In The Girl With All the Gifts, M.R. Carey manages to write a thoroughly enjoyable story filled with characters who frequently make it difficult to like them. Even Miss Justineau, who through Melanie's eyes seems like angelic perfection, isn't particularly so once you get inside her head — not only is there the revelation about her hit-and-run accident, but there's also the fact that her thoughts about Melanie frequently are not the motherly affection Melanie assumes her to feel. She's more pragmatic and distant than that inside her own head.
The interesting thing is that despite these characters' flaws and unlikeability, I found myself rooting for them anyway. Gallagher was a self-admitted coward who abandoned a girl he'd gotten pregnant and I still wanted...
- 8/14/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Odd List Ryan Lambie 6 Nov 2013 - 06:50
From random films with altered names to unrelated storylines, we take a look at 15 incredibly tenuous horror and sci-fi film sequels...
The profit-driven nature of filmmaking usually means that, if a movie's a hit, sequels follow. And it's sometimes the case that, particularly in the realm of low-budget sci-fi and horror, those sequels are trotted out in a rush, or don't have anything to do with the film they're following.
This isn't to say that the sequels on this list are necessarily bad - it's a proper mixed bag of the great, the mediocre and the downright awful - but in each instance, these sequels have only vague links to their predecessors, or worse still, they're entirely different films rebranded to fit an existing franchise.
Our list is by no means definitive - rather, we've chosen a collection of films that we find the most memorable.
From random films with altered names to unrelated storylines, we take a look at 15 incredibly tenuous horror and sci-fi film sequels...
The profit-driven nature of filmmaking usually means that, if a movie's a hit, sequels follow. And it's sometimes the case that, particularly in the realm of low-budget sci-fi and horror, those sequels are trotted out in a rush, or don't have anything to do with the film they're following.
This isn't to say that the sequels on this list are necessarily bad - it's a proper mixed bag of the great, the mediocre and the downright awful - but in each instance, these sequels have only vague links to their predecessors, or worse still, they're entirely different films rebranded to fit an existing franchise.
Our list is by no means definitive - rather, we've chosen a collection of films that we find the most memorable.
- 11/5/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Keanu Reeves has been approached to star in Antti J. Jokinen’s thriller The Criminal about organised crime in Finland and Russia.
Pitching the project at the first edition of the Northern Seas Film Forum (Nsff) in St Petersburg at the weekend, producer Markus Selin of Solar Films Inc. Oy and director Jokinen said that they are speaking to the Matrix star about headlining the crime thriller which is set to shoot next year.
The Criminal is based on interviews conducted with Russian and Finnish felons over the past four years and has the Organised Crime Unit of the Finnish Police now serving as an advisor on the screenplay.
Selin revealed that Ireland’s Subotica Films is already onboard as a co-producer and he is now looking for a Russian company to join the production.
The $16m (€12m) production would shoot in Helsinki, Dublin and St Petersburg in Russian and Finnish with the English actors speaking...
Pitching the project at the first edition of the Northern Seas Film Forum (Nsff) in St Petersburg at the weekend, producer Markus Selin of Solar Films Inc. Oy and director Jokinen said that they are speaking to the Matrix star about headlining the crime thriller which is set to shoot next year.
The Criminal is based on interviews conducted with Russian and Finnish felons over the past four years and has the Organised Crime Unit of the Finnish Police now serving as an advisor on the screenplay.
Selin revealed that Ireland’s Subotica Films is already onboard as a co-producer and he is now looking for a Russian company to join the production.
The $16m (€12m) production would shoot in Helsinki, Dublin and St Petersburg in Russian and Finnish with the English actors speaking...
- 9/16/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Throughout the month of October, Editor-in-Chief and resident Horror expert Ricky D, will be posting a list of his favorite Horror films of all time. The list will be posted in six parts. Click here to see every entry.
As with all lists, this is personal and nobody will agree with every choice – and if you do, that would be incredibly disturbing. It was almost impossible for me to rank them in order, but I tried and eventually gave up.
****
Special Mention:
American Psycho
Directed by Mary Harrron
Written by Mary Harron
2000, USA
Bret Easton Ellis’s dark and violent satire of America in the 1980s was brought to the big screen by director Mary Harron. Initially slapped with the MPAA’s kiss of death (an Nc-17 rating), American Psycho was later re-edited and reduced to a more commercially dependable “R”. Perhaps the film works best as a slick satire about misogyny,...
As with all lists, this is personal and nobody will agree with every choice – and if you do, that would be incredibly disturbing. It was almost impossible for me to rank them in order, but I tried and eventually gave up.
****
Special Mention:
American Psycho
Directed by Mary Harrron
Written by Mary Harron
2000, USA
Bret Easton Ellis’s dark and violent satire of America in the 1980s was brought to the big screen by director Mary Harron. Initially slapped with the MPAA’s kiss of death (an Nc-17 rating), American Psycho was later re-edited and reduced to a more commercially dependable “R”. Perhaps the film works best as a slick satire about misogyny,...
- 10/25/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
"I want to thank three persons,” said Michel Hazanavicius, accepting the 2012 Best Picture Oscar for “The Artist.” “I want to thank Billy Wilder, I want to thank Billy Wilder and I want to thank Billy Wilder.” He wasn’t the first director to namecheck Wilder in an acceptance speech. In 1994, Fernando Trueba, accepting the Foreign Language Film Oscar for "Belle Epoque" quipped, "I would like to believe in God in order to thank him. But I just believe in Billy Wilder... so, thank you Mr. Wilder." Wilder reportedly called the next day "Fernando? It's God."
So just what exactly was it that inspired these men to expend some of the most valuable seconds of speechifying airtime they'll ever know, to tip their hats to Wilder? And can we bottle it?
Born in a region of Austria/Hungary that is now part of Poland, Wilder's story feels like an archetype of...
So just what exactly was it that inspired these men to expend some of the most valuable seconds of speechifying airtime they'll ever know, to tip their hats to Wilder? And can we bottle it?
Born in a region of Austria/Hungary that is now part of Poland, Wilder's story feels like an archetype of...
- 3/27/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
It seems like it was only yesterday when I posted the best trailers of 2010 with the trailer for Terrence Malick’s Tree Of Life taking top honours. As we continue our look back at 2011, we’re once again reminded of a few things: Movie trailers have become a medium unto themselves, but you should never pre-judge a movie by its trailer, nor should you ever raise your expectations for a film too high based on the neatly packaged two minutes of footage we get. Remember folks, great expectations only lead to big disappointments. Sometimes we’re so excited to watch the first footage from a movie that we forget they are presenting only a glimpse at what is usually an unfinished project. Case in point: Many fanboys were up and arms over the dodgy effects in the Green Lantern trailers earlier this year, not realizing the effects were not yet fully completed.
- 12/27/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The term “giallo” initially referred to cheap yellow paperbacks (printed American mysteries from writers such as Agatha Christie), that were distributed in post-fascist Italy. Applied to cinema, the genre is comprised of equal parts early pulp thrillers, mystery novels, with a willingness to gleefully explore onscreen sex and violence in provocative, innovative ways. Giallos are strikingly different from American crime films: they value style and plot over characterization, and tend towards unapologetic displays of violence, sexual content, and taboo exploration. The genre is known for stylistic excess, characterized by unnatural yet intriguing lighting techniques, convoluted plots, red herrings, extended murder sequences, excessive bloodletting, stylish camerawork and unusual musical arrangements. Amidst the ‘creative kill’ set-pieces are thematic undercurrents along with a whodunit element, usually some sort of twist ending. Here is my list of the best giallo films – made strictly by Italian directors, so don’t expect Black Swan, Amer or...
- 10/26/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The line-up for 2011′s annual FrightFest in London’s Leicester Square has just been announced and it’s another amazing year.
Opening with the Guillermo Del Toro-produced Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark and closing up with Julian Gilbey’s A Lonely Place to Die there are plenty of thrillers, shockers and gore-fuelled splattefests, with premieres of some big genre films.
Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Tree, the companion piece to his classic The Wicker Man, is having its European premiere and Andy Nyman’s dark thriller The Glass Man goes before an audience for the first time.
Chillerama, a horror anthology from directors Adam Rifkin, Tim Sullivan, Adam Green, and Joe Lynch, was hinted at last year’s festival and now comes before the FrightFest faithful with ludicrous and brilliant titles such as The Diary Of Anne Frankenstein, I Was A Teenage Werebear and Zom-b-Movie on offer.
Opening with the Guillermo Del Toro-produced Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark and closing up with Julian Gilbey’s A Lonely Place to Die there are plenty of thrillers, shockers and gore-fuelled splattefests, with premieres of some big genre films.
Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Tree, the companion piece to his classic The Wicker Man, is having its European premiere and Andy Nyman’s dark thriller The Glass Man goes before an audience for the first time.
Chillerama, a horror anthology from directors Adam Rifkin, Tim Sullivan, Adam Green, and Joe Lynch, was hinted at last year’s festival and now comes before the FrightFest faithful with ludicrous and brilliant titles such as The Diary Of Anne Frankenstein, I Was A Teenage Werebear and Zom-b-Movie on offer.
- 7/1/2011
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
DVD Playhouse—March 2011
By
Allen Gardner
127 Hours (20th Century Fox) Harrowing true story of Aron Ralston (James Franco, in another fine turn), an extreme outdoorsman who finds himself trapped in a remote Utah canyon, his arm pinned between two boulders, with no help nearby, no communication to the outside world, and dim prospects for survival, to say the least. Director Danny Boyle manages to prove again that he’s one of the finest filmmakers working today by making a subject that is seemingly uncinematic a true example of pure cinema. Inventive, breathtaking, funny, and horrifying, often all at once. Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara make a memorable, brief appearance as hikers who connect with Ralston during his journey. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Commentary by Boyle, producer Christian Colson, co-writer Simon Beaufoy; Deleted scenes; Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
Amarcord (Criterion) Federico Fellini’s Oscar-winning, autobiographical classic might...
By
Allen Gardner
127 Hours (20th Century Fox) Harrowing true story of Aron Ralston (James Franco, in another fine turn), an extreme outdoorsman who finds himself trapped in a remote Utah canyon, his arm pinned between two boulders, with no help nearby, no communication to the outside world, and dim prospects for survival, to say the least. Director Danny Boyle manages to prove again that he’s one of the finest filmmakers working today by making a subject that is seemingly uncinematic a true example of pure cinema. Inventive, breathtaking, funny, and horrifying, often all at once. Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara make a memorable, brief appearance as hikers who connect with Ralston during his journey. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Commentary by Boyle, producer Christian Colson, co-writer Simon Beaufoy; Deleted scenes; Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
Amarcord (Criterion) Federico Fellini’s Oscar-winning, autobiographical classic might...
- 3/1/2011
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (or BAFTA, the British version of the Oscars) has crowned "The King's Speech" as the year's best picture. "Speech" also took home Outstanding British Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor for Colin Firth and the Best Supporting acting awards for Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter and Best Original Music, for a total of seven awards, which is easily the most won by any one film.
The British Academy also honored Natalie Portman for Best Actress for "Black Swan" and David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin for their directing and writing efforts on "The Social Network." "Inception" star Tom Hardy won the BAFTA Rising Star award, Christopher Lee was honored with an Academy fellowship and the Harry Potter series received an Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema recognition.
The full list of winners:
Best Film
Black Swan - Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott FranklinINCEPTION - Emma Thomas,...
The British Academy also honored Natalie Portman for Best Actress for "Black Swan" and David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin for their directing and writing efforts on "The Social Network." "Inception" star Tom Hardy won the BAFTA Rising Star award, Christopher Lee was honored with an Academy fellowship and the Harry Potter series received an Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema recognition.
The full list of winners:
Best Film
Black Swan - Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott FranklinINCEPTION - Emma Thomas,...
- 2/13/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Season of the Witch is out today, and if you want a taste of what this new Nicolas Cage film has to offer, we have good news! Here's a clip from the film to demonstrate what it's all about, starring Cage's Behman of Blighbrook, Ron Perlman as his Bff Felson and Claire Foy as suspected witch The Girl (they didn't spend a lot of time on names in medieval times).The story sese Behman and Felson desert from the Crusading army after becoming sickened by the slaughter of innocents, and return to a Black Death-plagued Europe. There, they are imprisoned for going Awol (at which point this scene takes place) and then tasked with transporting The Girl to a monastery to stand trial for witchcraft. brightcove.createExperiences();The film also stars the dependable Stephen Campbell-Moore, the legendary Christopher Lee, Ulrich Thomsen and Stephen Graham, and it's all directed by...
- 1/7/2011
- EmpireOnline
Nicolas Cage and Claire Foy in Season of the Witch
Photo: Relativity Media Dominic Sena's films have never been known for their quality. Gone in 60 Seconds wasn't any good. Swordfish had a cool factor, but I think we all know the only real buzz around that film was Halle Berry's widely reported $500,000 nude scene. It then took eight years for Sena to make another film and when he did I can't believe Whiteout was the return to the big screen he envisioned.
If there's a plus to Season of the Witch it's that it's not as bad as Whiteout. Instead, it's a below average movie that probably cost too much to make for it to go direct-to-dvd, but is hardly worthy of a respectable theatrical release.
Season of the Witch re-teams Sena with his Gone in 60 Seconds star Nicolas Cage whom, alongside Ron Perlman (Hellboy), plays a 14th century knight.
Photo: Relativity Media Dominic Sena's films have never been known for their quality. Gone in 60 Seconds wasn't any good. Swordfish had a cool factor, but I think we all know the only real buzz around that film was Halle Berry's widely reported $500,000 nude scene. It then took eight years for Sena to make another film and when he did I can't believe Whiteout was the return to the big screen he envisioned.
If there's a plus to Season of the Witch it's that it's not as bad as Whiteout. Instead, it's a below average movie that probably cost too much to make for it to go direct-to-dvd, but is hardly worthy of a respectable theatrical release.
Season of the Witch re-teams Sena with his Gone in 60 Seconds star Nicolas Cage whom, alongside Ron Perlman (Hellboy), plays a 14th century knight.
- 1/7/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Hangover: Part Two
Opens: May 26th 2011
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifinakis, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong
Director: Todd Phillips
Summary: Phil, Stu, Alan and Doug travel to exotic Thailand for Stu’s wedding. After the unforgettable bachelor party in Las Vegas, Stu is taking no chances and has opted for a safe, subdued pre-wedding brunch. However, things don’t always go as planned.
Analysis: It really wasn't until about three months before its release that Warner Brothers realised "The Hangover" was going to be a hit. Test screening response was through the roof, while the trailer had great reaction after premiering at ShoWest and online. About that time they commissioned director Todd Phillips, along with his "Old School" and "Road Trip" scribe Scot Armstrong, to pen a sequel. Yet they still waited to see how the first one went before fully committing to the follow-up.
The wait didn't last long.
Opens: May 26th 2011
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifinakis, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong
Director: Todd Phillips
Summary: Phil, Stu, Alan and Doug travel to exotic Thailand for Stu’s wedding. After the unforgettable bachelor party in Las Vegas, Stu is taking no chances and has opted for a safe, subdued pre-wedding brunch. However, things don’t always go as planned.
Analysis: It really wasn't until about three months before its release that Warner Brothers realised "The Hangover" was going to be a hit. Test screening response was through the roof, while the trailer had great reaction after premiering at ShoWest and online. About that time they commissioned director Todd Phillips, along with his "Old School" and "Road Trip" scribe Scot Armstrong, to pen a sequel. Yet they still waited to see how the first one went before fully committing to the follow-up.
The wait didn't last long.
- 1/4/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
DVD Playhouse September 2010
By
Allen Gardner
The Girl Who Played With Fire (Music Box Films) Follow up to the hit The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo finds Lisabeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) and Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) joining forces once again as Blomkvist is about to break a story on Sweden’s sex trade, which leads unexpectedly to a dark secret from Elizabeth’s past. Starts off well, then quickly nose-dives into sensationalism and downright silliness, with a pair of villains who are straight out of a Roger Moore-era James Bond film. A real letdown for those of us who felt Dragon Tattoo had finally breathed life into the cinema’s long-stagnant genre of the thriller. Bonuses: English language track; Trailer. Widescreen. Dolby 5.1 surround.
The Killer Inside Me (IFC Films) Michael Winterbottom’s adaptation of Jim Thompson’s classic, and notorious, novel about the psychotic mind of a small town sheriff (Casey Affleck,...
By
Allen Gardner
The Girl Who Played With Fire (Music Box Films) Follow up to the hit The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo finds Lisabeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) and Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) joining forces once again as Blomkvist is about to break a story on Sweden’s sex trade, which leads unexpectedly to a dark secret from Elizabeth’s past. Starts off well, then quickly nose-dives into sensationalism and downright silliness, with a pair of villains who are straight out of a Roger Moore-era James Bond film. A real letdown for those of us who felt Dragon Tattoo had finally breathed life into the cinema’s long-stagnant genre of the thriller. Bonuses: English language track; Trailer. Widescreen. Dolby 5.1 surround.
The Killer Inside Me (IFC Films) Michael Winterbottom’s adaptation of Jim Thompson’s classic, and notorious, novel about the psychotic mind of a small town sheriff (Casey Affleck,...
- 9/25/2010
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
It's a wrap! The Martin Gropius Bau is empty and the final pickups follow. This is a work in progress and readers are invited and welcome to contribute. Presales have returned in reaction to the reduced number of finished films on offer over the past two markets. Presales applies across the board from Us to French and even Italian films. English language films are increasingly coming out of the major non English language territories but local product is impacting sales on Us films internationally. Business was quickly wrapped up but it was done with a healthy number of buys reported. Lower prices have become accepted but the market must have product as this event proved.
Adriana Chiesa has licensed Federico Moccia’s teen trilogy to Savor to Spain. The first title, Sorry If I Love You (Scusa Ma Ti Chiamo Amore) grossed $27m when released by Medusa on 600 prints in Italy.
Adriana Chiesa has licensed Federico Moccia’s teen trilogy to Savor to Spain. The first title, Sorry If I Love You (Scusa Ma Ti Chiamo Amore) grossed $27m when released by Medusa on 600 prints in Italy.
- 3/9/2010
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
See new images from Lionsgate's "Season of the Witch," starring Nicholas Cage as Behmen, Ron Perlman as Felson, Stephen Campbell Moore as Debelzaq, Robert Sheehan as Kay, Claire Foy as The Girl, Ulrich Thomsen as Eckhart, Stephen Graham as Hagamar and Christopher Lee as Cardinal D’Ambroise. The Dominic Sena-directed film is written by Bragi F. Schut and produced by Charles Roven, Alex Gartner, Steve Alexander, Adam Goodman and Howard Ellis. See it in theaters from March 19th. In the supernatural thriller Season Of The Witch, Nicolas Cage stars as a 14th century Crusader who returns with his comrade (Ron Perlman) to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. A beleaguered church, deeming sorcery the culprit of the plague, commands the two knights to transport an accused witch (Claire Foy) to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence. A priest (Stephen Campbell Moore...
- 1/22/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
St. Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Opens: 2010
Cast: Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, David Tennant, Gemma Arterton, Talulah Riley
Director: Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson
Summary: A rollercoaster-style treasure hunt for the legendary Fritton’s Gold ensues as the feisty and ever-resourceful schoolgirls of St Trinian’s face their most fearsome establishment rivals yet - the villainous Pomfrey and his sidekicks from the women-hating secret society known as AD1.
Analysis: While it didn't travel much beyond the UK, 2007's reboot of the "St Trinian's" franchise nearly doubled its £7 million production budget in sales in the UK alone - making it one of the top grossing independent British films of the past decade. Reviews were decidedly mixed but generally pretty weak at the time, so the greenlighting of a sequel surprised quite a few.
Despite a critical drubbing, the core audience of young British teenage girls seemed to be satisfied by...
Opens: 2010
Cast: Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, David Tennant, Gemma Arterton, Talulah Riley
Director: Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson
Summary: A rollercoaster-style treasure hunt for the legendary Fritton’s Gold ensues as the feisty and ever-resourceful schoolgirls of St Trinian’s face their most fearsome establishment rivals yet - the villainous Pomfrey and his sidekicks from the women-hating secret society known as AD1.
Analysis: While it didn't travel much beyond the UK, 2007's reboot of the "St Trinian's" franchise nearly doubled its £7 million production budget in sales in the UK alone - making it one of the top grossing independent British films of the past decade. Reviews were decidedly mixed but generally pretty weak at the time, so the greenlighting of a sequel surprised quite a few.
Despite a critical drubbing, the core audience of young British teenage girls seemed to be satisfied by...
- 1/9/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
A Prophet
Opens: February 12th 2010
Cast: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Hichem Yacoubi, Reda Kateb
Director: Jacques Audiard
Summary: Sent to prison, Malik El Djebena falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himself and wins their confidence but uses his intelligence to discreetly develop his own network.
Analysis: Finally scoring a limited release in the Us in February, Jacques Audiard's violent and hard-edged prison drama won the Grand Prix at Cannes, scored Best Film at the London Film Festival, and is already the hotly tipped favourite to take the Oscar for Best Foreign Film late next month.
Reviews have been stellar around the world for the film which quickly became the most universally admired entry in the often hotly contentious first week of Cannes back in May. From a breakout performance by Tahar Rahim,...
Opens: February 12th 2010
Cast: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Hichem Yacoubi, Reda Kateb
Director: Jacques Audiard
Summary: Sent to prison, Malik El Djebena falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himself and wins their confidence but uses his intelligence to discreetly develop his own network.
Analysis: Finally scoring a limited release in the Us in February, Jacques Audiard's violent and hard-edged prison drama won the Grand Prix at Cannes, scored Best Film at the London Film Festival, and is already the hotly tipped favourite to take the Oscar for Best Foreign Film late next month.
Reviews have been stellar around the world for the film which quickly became the most universally admired entry in the often hotly contentious first week of Cannes back in May. From a breakout performance by Tahar Rahim,...
- 1/2/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
We have a new trailer from Lionsgate's "Season of the Witch," starring Nicholas Cage as Behmen, Ron Perlman as Felson, Stephen Campbell Moore as Debelzaq, Robert Sheehan as Kay, Claire Foy as The Girl, Ulrich Thomsen as Eckhart, Stephen Graham as Hagamar and Christopher Lee as Cardinal D’Ambroise. Dominic Sena ("Whiteout," "Swordfish") directs the film from the writing by Bragi F. Schut. Pic is produced by Charles Roven, Alex Gartner, Steve Alexander, Adam Goodman and Howard Ellis. In the supernatural thriller "Season of the Witch," Nicolas Cage stars as a 14th century Crusader who returns with his comrade (Ron Perlman) to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. A beleaguered church, deeming sorcery the culprit of the plague, commands...
- 11/23/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Check out a better quality Halloween sneak peek clip from Lionsgate's "Season of the Witch" horror starring Nicholas Cage as Behmen, Ron Perlman as Felson, Stephen Campbell Moore as Debelzaq, Robert Sheehan as Kay, Claire Foy as The Girl, Ulrich Thomsen as Eckhart, Stephen Graham as Hagamar and Christopher Lee as Cardinal D’Ambroise. In the supernatural thriller Season Of The Witch, Nicolas Cage stars as a 14th century Crusader who returns with his comrade (Ron Perlman) to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. A beleaguered church, deeming sorcery the culprit of the plague, commands the two knights to transport an accused witch (Claire Foy) to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.
- 10/23/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See the first (and restricted) trailer for Lionsgate's "Season of the Witch" horror which stars Nicholas Cage as Behmen,Ron Perlman as Felson, Stephen Campbell Moore as Debelzaq, Robert Sheehan as Kay, Claire Foy as The Girl, Ulrich Thomsen as Eckhart, Stephen Graham as Hagamar and Christopher Lee as Cardinal D’Ambroise. In the supernatural thriller Season Of The Witch, Nicolas Cage stars as a 14th century Crusader who returns with his comrade (Ron Perlman) to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. A beleaguered church, deeming sorcery the culprit of the plague, commands the two knights to transport an accused witch (Claire Foy) to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.
- 10/22/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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