Machine Media Advisors has acquired 1992 animated film “FernGully: The Last Rainforest” and its associated rights.
“FernGully: The Last Rainforest” — starring Robin Williams, Samantha Mathis, Tim Curry and Christian Slater — follows a group of fairies living in a rainforest fighting off an evil force that aims to pollute and destroy their home. Led by Jonathan Sheinberg, Susan Sheinberg and Matt Feige, Machine Media Advisors along with Moonheart Entertainment plans to revive the environmentally-conscious film in new iterations while also honoring the original.
The team is currently in the process of reimagining the “FernGully” concept with new worlds, characters and storylines, according to the press release. They are in talks with major studios for both live-action and animated additions to the “FernGully” universe.
Machine Media Advisors with the instrumental support of their minority partner Moonheart led by Moonli Singha, Rosa Gudmundsdottir and Krystine Beneke re-released the original film’s soundtrack. In 2022, they...
“FernGully: The Last Rainforest” — starring Robin Williams, Samantha Mathis, Tim Curry and Christian Slater — follows a group of fairies living in a rainforest fighting off an evil force that aims to pollute and destroy their home. Led by Jonathan Sheinberg, Susan Sheinberg and Matt Feige, Machine Media Advisors along with Moonheart Entertainment plans to revive the environmentally-conscious film in new iterations while also honoring the original.
The team is currently in the process of reimagining the “FernGully” concept with new worlds, characters and storylines, according to the press release. They are in talks with major studios for both live-action and animated additions to the “FernGully” universe.
Machine Media Advisors with the instrumental support of their minority partner Moonheart led by Moonli Singha, Rosa Gudmundsdottir and Krystine Beneke re-released the original film’s soundtrack. In 2022, they...
- 11/20/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay, Caroline Brew and Valerie Wu
- Variety Film + TV
The Academy Awards ceremony considered actor Amy Adams a potential candidate for an Oscar ever since her breakthrough role in Junebug. But Adams lost her first opportunity to take home the prize to Rachel Weisz.
It was a loss Adams was more than happy to accept in hindsight.
Amy Adams wanted to perform in ballet before she became an actor Amy Adams | Momodu Mansaray/WireImage
Acting has been a profession that has served Adams well over the years. Before setting out to become a film star, Adams tried her hand at dancing first. This disappointed her parents at the time as Adams was a talented athlete in her high school years. Adams’ parents thought she could’ve used her athletic gifts to obtain a college scholarship. But their daughter had her heart set on being a ballerina.
But soon Adams felt she wasn’t skilled enough in dancing to make...
It was a loss Adams was more than happy to accept in hindsight.
Amy Adams wanted to perform in ballet before she became an actor Amy Adams | Momodu Mansaray/WireImage
Acting has been a profession that has served Adams well over the years. Before setting out to become a film star, Adams tried her hand at dancing first. This disappointed her parents at the time as Adams was a talented athlete in her high school years. Adams’ parents thought she could’ve used her athletic gifts to obtain a college scholarship. But their daughter had her heart set on being a ballerina.
But soon Adams felt she wasn’t skilled enough in dancing to make...
- 5/3/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
If you love “Junebug,” the 2005 indie that launched Amy Adams’ career, then you probably felt at the time as film critic Jan Stuart did. He’s quoted on the poster as saying, “It is only a matter of time before [director] Phil Morrison achieves the status of Jim Jarmusch, Gus Van Sant, and Woody Allen.” Well, that prediction never really came to pass. Morrison made one more feature, then turned his attention to commercials. Meanwhile, the film’s screenwriter, Angus MacLachlan, has slowly but surely emerged as an auteur of authentic stories representing the American South.
MacLachlan’s third film as director (and the first to be selected for Sundance featuring him in that role), “A Little Prayer” shares much of the sensibility — and sensitivity — that made “Junebug” so special. Once again, he’s written a modestly scaled but deep-reaching relationship drama about a white middle-class North Carolina family that believes in God,...
MacLachlan’s third film as director (and the first to be selected for Sundance featuring him in that role), “A Little Prayer” shares much of the sensibility — and sensitivity — that made “Junebug” so special. Once again, he’s written a modestly scaled but deep-reaching relationship drama about a white middle-class North Carolina family that believes in God,...
- 1/26/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Angus MacLachlan burst onto the Sundance scene as the screenwriter behind the Phil Morrison-directed “Junebug” in 2005. That drama is best known for what became a star-making performance from then-unknown Amy Adams and since then MacLachlan graduated to directing self-written features like “Goodbye to All That” and “Abundant Acreage Available.”
His latest feature, “A Little Prayer,” concerns a close-knit family that threatens to collapse when a father (David Strathairn) discovers that his adult son (Will Pullen) may be having an affair.
MacLachlan was joined by Pullen and fellow cast members Jane Levy and Celia Weston, at TheWrap’s Portrait and Video Studio at The Music Lodge for a conversation with Executive Awards Editor Steve Pond.
When asked why he chose to make another family drama set in North Carolina, MacLachlan noted it was the region in which he grew up.
“I started [this film] when my daughter was 15. She’s now 21. I realized in retrospect,...
His latest feature, “A Little Prayer,” concerns a close-knit family that threatens to collapse when a father (David Strathairn) discovers that his adult son (Will Pullen) may be having an affair.
MacLachlan was joined by Pullen and fellow cast members Jane Levy and Celia Weston, at TheWrap’s Portrait and Video Studio at The Music Lodge for a conversation with Executive Awards Editor Steve Pond.
When asked why he chose to make another family drama set in North Carolina, MacLachlan noted it was the region in which he grew up.
“I started [this film] when my daughter was 15. She’s now 21. I realized in retrospect,...
- 1/24/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
It is fair to assume Criterion could plunder the world of licensed film to build an ultimate noir playlist; credit, then, for focusing sharp and nabbing deep cuts. The Criterion Channel’s November / Noirvember program will be headlined by “Fox Noir,” an eight-title program with Otto Preminger deep cut Fallen Angel, three by Henry Hathaway, Siodmak, Dassin, Kazan, and Robert Wise, and while retrospectives of Veronica Lake and John Garfield will bring some canon into the fold, I’m mostly thinking about that potential for discovery.
Following “Free Jazz,” Bob Hoskins, and Joyce Chopra programs, the other big series is a 30-year survey of Sony Pictures Classics: Sally Potter, Satoshi Kon, Panahi, Errol Morris, Almodóvar, Haneke, Mike Leigh, just a murderer’s row. Streaming premieres include 499 and A Night of Knowing Nothing, two recent epitomes of I Wish I Had Seen That; Criterion Editions comprise Cure, Brazil, Sullivan’s Travels,...
Following “Free Jazz,” Bob Hoskins, and Joyce Chopra programs, the other big series is a 30-year survey of Sony Pictures Classics: Sally Potter, Satoshi Kon, Panahi, Errol Morris, Almodóvar, Haneke, Mike Leigh, just a murderer’s row. Streaming premieres include 499 and A Night of Knowing Nothing, two recent epitomes of I Wish I Had Seen That; Criterion Editions comprise Cure, Brazil, Sullivan’s Travels,...
- 10/26/2022
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Ethan Hawke and Alessandro Nivola are teaming up in “Satan Is Real,” the story of the Louvin brothers. The real-life best friends will portray Charlie and Ira Louvin, influential country musicians whose relationship is forged by love, hate, jealousy, and alcohol.
In an interview with Variety, Hawke and Nivola said they hoped to achieve a music term called “blood harmony” in their performances. It’s a term that describes the kind of harmonizing that can be achieved when family members sing together, because their genetic link allows them to share the same tone in their voice.
“It’s such an important expression to us,” said Hawke. “It sounds both violent and beautiful and the music should be that. It’s aggressive, it’s electric, it’s strange. It’s not Brooklyn folk rock. It’s not wannabe cool guy country. It’s hillbilly gospel music.”
The film will be directed by Phil Morrison,...
In an interview with Variety, Hawke and Nivola said they hoped to achieve a music term called “blood harmony” in their performances. It’s a term that describes the kind of harmonizing that can be achieved when family members sing together, because their genetic link allows them to share the same tone in their voice.
“It’s such an important expression to us,” said Hawke. “It sounds both violent and beautiful and the music should be that. It’s aggressive, it’s electric, it’s strange. It’s not Brooklyn folk rock. It’s not wannabe cool guy country. It’s hillbilly gospel music.”
The film will be directed by Phil Morrison,...
- 5/15/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
This year, the San Francisco Film Society’s (Sffilm) annual awards night will unfold December 3 at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts Exhibition Center with honorees including Oscar hopefuls Amy Adams (Annapurna’s “Vice”), Steve McQueen (Fox’s “Widows”) and Bay area rising star Boots Riley (Annapurna’s “Sorry to Bother You”). The annual celebration honors achievement in filmmaking craft – it’s also a fundraiser that benefits Sffilm’s youth education programs.
Amy Adams will be on hand to accept the Peter J. Owens Award for Acting; Steve McQueen will receive the Irving M. Levin Award for Film Direction; and emerging breakthrough talent Boots Riley will take home the Kanbar Award for Storytelling.
“These artists were selected because their work embodies the values of the Bay Area,” stated Sffilm Executive Director Noah Cowan, “in particular their role in championing innovative cinema, making the industry more diverse and inclusive, and...
Amy Adams will be on hand to accept the Peter J. Owens Award for Acting; Steve McQueen will receive the Irving M. Levin Award for Film Direction; and emerging breakthrough talent Boots Riley will take home the Kanbar Award for Storytelling.
“These artists were selected because their work embodies the values of the Bay Area,” stated Sffilm Executive Director Noah Cowan, “in particular their role in championing innovative cinema, making the industry more diverse and inclusive, and...
- 11/13/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
This year, the San Francisco Film Society’s (Sffilm) annual awards night will unfold December 3 at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts Exhibition Center with honorees including Oscar hopefuls Amy Adams (Annapurna’s “Vice”), Steve McQueen (Fox’s “Widows”) and Bay area rising star Boots Riley (Annapurna’s “Sorry to Bother You”). The annual celebration honors achievement in filmmaking craft – it’s also a fundraiser that benefits Sffilm’s youth education programs.
Amy Adams will be on hand to accept the Peter J. Owens Award for Acting; Steve McQueen will receive the Irving M. Levin Award for Film Direction; and emerging breakthrough talent Boots Riley will take home the Kanbar Award for Storytelling.
“These artists were selected because their work embodies the values of the Bay Area,” stated Sffilm Executive Director Noah Cowan, “in particular their role in championing innovative cinema, making the industry more diverse and inclusive, and...
Amy Adams will be on hand to accept the Peter J. Owens Award for Acting; Steve McQueen will receive the Irving M. Levin Award for Film Direction; and emerging breakthrough talent Boots Riley will take home the Kanbar Award for Storytelling.
“These artists were selected because their work embodies the values of the Bay Area,” stated Sffilm Executive Director Noah Cowan, “in particular their role in championing innovative cinema, making the industry more diverse and inclusive, and...
- 11/13/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
After a number of TV appearances early in her career, Amy Adams has made a glorious return to television in HBO’s eight-episode limited series “Sharp Objects.” The series is directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, who won an Emmy for directing another heralded HBO mini, “Big Little Lies.” In this project, Adams portrays troubled reporter Camille Preaker, who just having been released from a psychiatric hospital for harming herself, returns to her hometown to investigate a double murder.
Adams, of course, is most known for her film work, having earned two Golden Globe Awards (from seven nominations), won a Screen Actors Guild Award (also from seven nominations) and has been nominated for five Academy Awards. Those Oscar nominations have been for “Junebug” (2005), “Doubt” (2008), “The Fighter” (2010), “The Master” (2012) and “American Hustle” (2013).
In recognition of Adams’ return to TV, let’s take a tour in our photo gallery above of her 15 greatest movie performances,...
Adams, of course, is most known for her film work, having earned two Golden Globe Awards (from seven nominations), won a Screen Actors Guild Award (also from seven nominations) and has been nominated for five Academy Awards. Those Oscar nominations have been for “Junebug” (2005), “Doubt” (2008), “The Fighter” (2010), “The Master” (2012) and “American Hustle” (2013).
In recognition of Adams’ return to TV, let’s take a tour in our photo gallery above of her 15 greatest movie performances,...
- 7/10/2018
- by Tom O'Brien and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
The Handmaid’s Tale actress will also star in the series being produced by Annapurna Television.
Elisabeth Moss is teaming with BBC America and Annapurna Television to develop a limited series adaptation of Mary Beth Keane’s novel Fever.
Moss, who holds the rights to the novel, will star and serve as executive producer on the period drama.
Fever centres on the first known healthy carrier of typhoid fever, known as “Typhoid Mary”, as she spread typhoid across the burgeoning metropolis of early twentieth century New York.
Moss acquired the original rights to Keane’s book and first sent the material to Phil Morrison (Enlightened, Junebug), who has signed on as director and executive producer. Robin Veith (The Expanse, True Blood) is currently set to pen the adaptation and will also serve as an executive producer alongside Moss, Morrison, and Annapurna’s Sue Naegle and Megan Ellison.
“I’m so honoured to be working with the incredible...
Elisabeth Moss is teaming with BBC America and Annapurna Television to develop a limited series adaptation of Mary Beth Keane’s novel Fever.
Moss, who holds the rights to the novel, will star and serve as executive producer on the period drama.
Fever centres on the first known healthy carrier of typhoid fever, known as “Typhoid Mary”, as she spread typhoid across the burgeoning metropolis of early twentieth century New York.
Moss acquired the original rights to Keane’s book and first sent the material to Phil Morrison (Enlightened, Junebug), who has signed on as director and executive producer. Robin Veith (The Expanse, True Blood) is currently set to pen the adaptation and will also serve as an executive producer alongside Moss, Morrison, and Annapurna’s Sue Naegle and Megan Ellison.
“I’m so honoured to be working with the incredible...
- 5/24/2017
- ScreenDaily
Elisabeth Moss‘ new role is positively infectious.
The Handmaid’s Tale star will play Irish immigrant Mary Mallon, infamously known as “Typhoid Mary,” in a new BBC America miniseries entitled Fever, our sister site Variety is reporting. Moss will executive produce, along with director Phil Morrison (Enlightened) and Mad Men writer Robin Veith, who will pen the adaptation.
RelatedTVLine’s Performer of the Week: The Handmaid’s Tale‘s Elisabeth Moss
Based on Mary Beth Keane’s novel, Fever tells the story of Mallon, the family cook who was the first known healthy carrier of typhoid fever in 1900s New York.
The Handmaid’s Tale star will play Irish immigrant Mary Mallon, infamously known as “Typhoid Mary,” in a new BBC America miniseries entitled Fever, our sister site Variety is reporting. Moss will executive produce, along with director Phil Morrison (Enlightened) and Mad Men writer Robin Veith, who will pen the adaptation.
RelatedTVLine’s Performer of the Week: The Handmaid’s Tale‘s Elisabeth Moss
Based on Mary Beth Keane’s novel, Fever tells the story of Mallon, the family cook who was the first known healthy carrier of typhoid fever in 1900s New York.
- 5/23/2017
- TVLine.com
Faith-based cinema is as diverse a genre as there is, from the extreme, often violent portraits of devotion from established directors like Martin Scorsese and Mel Gibson, to the attacks on logic in the God’s Not Dead and Left Behind pictures. Angus MacLachlan, a great storyteller of the not-too-deep south, offers a nuanced example of what this genre can bring, returning with the moving Abundant Acreage Available. The title may signal a light-hearted film, and given MacLachlan’s previous feature (the charming sex comedy Goodbye To All That) and writing credits (which include Phil Morrison’s masterpiece Junebug), you might be forgiven for having that expectation. However, MacLachlan’s latest is a departure from his previous work: a quiet, powerful portrait of two families at a crossroads, featuring the middle-aged Ledbetters — including the reformed alcoholic Jesse (Terry Kinney) and his adopted sister Tracy (Amy Ryan) — and three aging brothers (Max Gail,...
- 4/27/2017
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
We get to see five-time Academy Award nominee Amy Adams take several takes of this taped audition for “Junebug,” the 2005 hit indie from director Phil Morrison and the first role to land her a nomination. But is a single take really better or worse than the one before it? Though each one differs in execution, Adams brings such a natural levity and emotional acuteness to each that it’s impossible to call! The role of the pregnant southern belle, Ashley, is one that put Adams on the map, and this audition is just a taste of the powerhouse performances that were in this actor’s future. Read: “Amy Adams Is Backstage’s Performer of the Year” What’s your favorite Adams role? Don’t miss her next show-stopping turn in “Arrival,” now in theaters. Watch her full “Junebug” audition below. Ready to star in your own indie? Check out our film audition listings!
- 11/11/2016
- backstage.com
Last year, Denis Villeneuve’s “Sicario,” about an FBI agent enlisted by a government task force to bring down the leader of a Mexican drug cartel, garnered critical acclaim and commercial success and netted three Oscar nominations to boot. Now, Villeneuve returns with his sci-fi drama “Arrival,” starring Amy Adams (“The Master”) and Jeremy Renner (“The Hurt Locker”). Based on Ted Chiang’s short story “Story of Your Life,” the film follows linguist Louis Banks (Adams) who’s hired by the government to help translate alien communications after a dozen extraterrestrial pods enter Earth’s atmosphere. Watch a trailer for the film below and check out the poster as well.
Read More: ‘Arrival’ Review: Amy Adams Steals Spotlight In Denis Villeneuve’s Deep-Thinking Alien Invasion Story
Villeneuve has previously directed eight feature films, including “Enemy,” about a man who seeks out his doppelgänger after spotting him in a movie, “Prisoners,...
Read More: ‘Arrival’ Review: Amy Adams Steals Spotlight In Denis Villeneuve’s Deep-Thinking Alien Invasion Story
Villeneuve has previously directed eight feature films, including “Enemy,” about a man who seeks out his doppelgänger after spotting him in a movie, “Prisoners,...
- 10/20/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Phil Morrison and Haydn Watkins are the co-authors of the soon to be released Alone In The Dark: Over 80 Years Of Stalk and Slash. In this chat with Nerdly writer and host of the Britflicks podcast, Stuart Wright, they preview their book and give Frightfesters the heads up on all the stalk and slash movies playing at this years festival.
For updates on the book check out the Facebook page.
Films highlighted:
Banjo
Suspension
Most Likely To Die
Last Girl Standing
Your Vice Is A Locked Room And Only I Have The Key
Madman
The Mutilator
Night Fare
plus one short Night Of The Slasher...
For updates on the book check out the Facebook page.
Films highlighted:
Banjo
Suspension
Most Likely To Die
Last Girl Standing
Your Vice Is A Locked Room And Only I Have The Key
Madman
The Mutilator
Night Fare
plus one short Night Of The Slasher...
- 8/26/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Amy Adams drop dead gorgeous on Oscars' Red Carpet Amy Adams at the 83rd Academy Awards Looking drop dead gorgeous, Amy Adams is pictured above donning a scintillating blue dress while arriving at the 2011 Oscar ceremony, held on Feb. 27 at the Kodak Theatre in the fast-thumping heart of Hollywood. Adams was – for the third time in six years (more info below) – a Best Supporting Actress nominee. This time around, she was shortlisted for her performance in David O. Russell's The Fighter, a generally well-regarded and surprisingly successful (in the U.S.) boxing drama that earned fellow supporting actress Melissa Leo the evening's Oscar. Another The Fighter actor, Christian Bale (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight), took home the Best Supporting Actor Oscar statuette. In fact, the film's only major cast member left without an Oscar nomination in the acting categories was lead Mark Wahlberg (pictured with wife) – though he did...
- 5/15/2015
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Kristen Stewart 'On the Road' dancing, with Garrett Hedlund on the right Down memory lane: Garrett Hedlund and Kristen Stewart 'On the Road' images At the time best known as The Twilight Saga's conflicted human Bella Swan, Kristen Stewart was cast as the exuberant Marylou in Walter Salles' film adaptation of Jack Kerouac's iconic 1950s novel On the Road. Salles had been impressed with Stewart's pre-Twilight work in Sean Penn's Into the Wild. Based on LuAnne Henderson, Kerouac's close buddy Neal Cassady's first wife, Marylou is described as a "beautiful little sharp chick." Apparently, one who also likes to move seductively to the sound of music – as can be attested by the Kristen Stewart picture above, which first came out online in early 2011. Besides Stewart, On the Road also features Garrett Hedlund – at the time best known for Tron: Legacy – as Dean Moriarty,...
- 5/9/2015
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Oscar 2015 winners (photo: Chris Pratt during Oscar 2015 rehearsals) The complete list of Oscar 2015 winners and nominees can be found below. See also: Oscar 2015 presenters and performers. Now, a little Oscar 2015 trivia. If you know a bit about the history of the Academy Awards, you'll have noticed several little curiosities about this year's nominations. For instance, there are quite a few first-time nominees in the acting and directing categories. In fact, nine of the nominated actors and three of the nominated directors are Oscar newcomers. Here's the list in the acting categories: Eddie Redmayne. Michael Keaton. Steve Carell. Benedict Cumberbatch. Felicity Jones. Rosamund Pike. J.K. Simmons. Emma Stone. Patricia Arquette. The three directors are: Morten Tyldum. Richard Linklater. Wes Anderson. Oscar 2015 comebacks Oscar 2015 also marks the Academy Awards' "comeback" of several performers and directors last nominated years ago. Marion Cotillard and Reese Witherspoon won Best Actress Oscars for, respectively, Olivier Dahan...
- 2/22/2015
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Sony Pictures Classics honchos Michael Barker and Tom Bernard have been feted up one side and down the other lately. The duo celebrated 20 years of Spc in 2012 and have received awards from the Museum of the Moving Image and the Gotham Awards as of late. Tonight they will receive the Los Angeles Film Festival's Spirit of Independence Award as the love keeps pouring in. Given that we recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of Fox Searchlight — another crucial entity in the indie film space — it seemed like we were over due for a similar appreciation of Sony Classics' 22 years of output. The interesting thing, though, is that unlike Searchlight, there isn't necessarily anything outwardly identifiable about Sony Classics films as, well, "Sony Classics films." They all have a strong whiff of good taste but they don't have the heavy marketing footprint of some of the studio's contemporaries. Barker and Bernard's cinephile passion is always evident,...
- 6/16/2014
- by Gregory Ellwood, Guy Lodge, Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
In Goodbye to All That, a new movie from the writer of Junebug, Otto can pretty much pin-point the moment he realized his marriage was over. It was probably right around the time he and his wife went to see their marriage counselor, who proceeded to inform him, “Your marriage is over.” It’s not a moment a person — or viewers — would forget quickly.
“A lot of the film was inspired by incidents that have happened to very close friends of mine,” says Junebug scribe and first-time director Angus MacLachlan. “I think anybody who’s married has fear that sometimes...
“A lot of the film was inspired by incidents that have happened to very close friends of mine,” says Junebug scribe and first-time director Angus MacLachlan. “I think anybody who’s married has fear that sometimes...
- 4/14/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Angus MacLachlan who wrote the screenplay for the much beloved "Junebug," helms "Goodbye to All That" a romantic comedy starring Paul Schneider and Heather Graham. In addition to screenwriting and directing, he's also acted written plays and acted on stage. MacLachlan told Indiewire that he had to "overcome the anxiety of going into the unknown." Tell us about yourself? I live in Winston Salem, Nc which is where "Goodbye to all That" was shot, and takes place. I'm married and have a 12 year-old daughter. I have worked as an actor, mostly on stage, and a playwright, as well as a screenwriter. My first play produced in NYC, "The Dead Eye Boy, starred Lili Taylor. Phil Morrison, who directed "Junebug," illuminated what I had imagined in that film. One doesn't write a screenplay or play to just be read, it must exist in time and space. So, with "Goodbye to All...
- 4/9/2014
- by Eric Eidelstein
- Indiewire
Odd List Ryan Lambie Simon Brew 16 Jan 2014 - 06:20
Another 25 unsung greats come under the spotlight, as we provide our pick of the underappreciated films of 2005...
It's underappreciated films time again, and this week, we delve deep into the year 2005 - a collection of months dominated by the likes of Star Wars: Episode III, another Harry Potter, Steven Spielberg's War Of The Worlds, Peter Jackson's King Kong, and CG family movie Madagascar.
It was also the year Pierce Brosnan formally bowed out of his role as James Bond, and Martin Scorsese's The Aviator was hyped to win the director his first Oscar, but didn't. Still, the contents of this list received nothing like the acclaim of The Aviator, nor the financial pickings of a Star Wars or Harry Potter. As ever, we've focused on 25 films which we think deserve a bit more love.
So with apologies to...
Another 25 unsung greats come under the spotlight, as we provide our pick of the underappreciated films of 2005...
It's underappreciated films time again, and this week, we delve deep into the year 2005 - a collection of months dominated by the likes of Star Wars: Episode III, another Harry Potter, Steven Spielberg's War Of The Worlds, Peter Jackson's King Kong, and CG family movie Madagascar.
It was also the year Pierce Brosnan formally bowed out of his role as James Bond, and Martin Scorsese's The Aviator was hyped to win the director his first Oscar, but didn't. Still, the contents of this list received nothing like the acclaim of The Aviator, nor the financial pickings of a Star Wars or Harry Potter. As ever, we've focused on 25 films which we think deserve a bit more love.
So with apologies to...
- 1/15/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
There’s a perpetual oddness to the tone and feel of Phil Morrison’s dark (or maybe just dreary) comedy All is Bright, which sees Paul Giamatti and Paul Rudd as two friends in love with the same woman and a desire to start living their lives on the straight and narrow through the honest work of selling Christmas trees in New York City. It’s a premise that doesn’t sound inherently funny, and really the only flashes of comedy that escape the cold dense center of the film are hard to laugh at with everything else in the film considered (including an ending you might see coming as things start to get too happy for the film’s cynical nature). And if the bleakness of the story isn’t enough to convince you that Rudd and Giamatti aren’t their typical likable selves here and you still decide to give it a try,...
- 12/27/2013
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
Title: All Is Bright Directed by: Phil Morrison Starring: Paul Giamatti, Paul Rudd, Amy Landecker, Sally Hawkins, Colman Domingo Running time: 107 minutes, Rated R, Available 11/19/13 Special Features: None Dennis (Paul Giamatti) just got out of a four year stint in a French Canadian prison for robbery and walks home to see his ex wife and daughter. What he finds is that his ex-wife Therese (Amy Landecker) has been in a long term relationship with his ex partner Rene (Paul Rudd) and she has told their daugher that her daddy died and just wants him out of their lives for good. Dennis is determined to prove himself a changed [ Read More ]
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- 11/24/2013
- by juliana
- ShockYa
“Naughty? Nice? What’s the difference – as long as you can bring home the dark comedy All Is Bright, starring Paul Giamatti and Paul Rudd, on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital Download on 11/19.”
‘Tis the season… for Wamg to give some cool stuff away! In honor of the new dark comedy All Is Bright, we are giving away a really cool prize pack. Check it out!
One lucky winner will receive:
1 signed All Is Bright poster (Paul Giamatti) Our Idiot Brother Blu-ray Pawn Shop Chronicles Blu-ray Demoted Blu-ray Cooper’s Christmas DVD Operation: Endgame Blu-ray Sunshine Cleaning Blu-ray
Official Rules:
1. “Like” the All is Bright page on Facebook; Follow @AllisBrightFilm on Twitter
2. You Must Be A U.S. Resident With A U.S. Shipping Address. No P.O. Boxes.
3. Place Your Name, A Valid Email, and tell us your most outrageous holiday story using the hashtag #AllisBright both below (in the comments) and on your twitter.
‘Tis the season… for Wamg to give some cool stuff away! In honor of the new dark comedy All Is Bright, we are giving away a really cool prize pack. Check it out!
One lucky winner will receive:
1 signed All Is Bright poster (Paul Giamatti) Our Idiot Brother Blu-ray Pawn Shop Chronicles Blu-ray Demoted Blu-ray Cooper’s Christmas DVD Operation: Endgame Blu-ray Sunshine Cleaning Blu-ray
Official Rules:
1. “Like” the All is Bright page on Facebook; Follow @AllisBrightFilm on Twitter
2. You Must Be A U.S. Resident With A U.S. Shipping Address. No P.O. Boxes.
3. Place Your Name, A Valid Email, and tell us your most outrageous holiday story using the hashtag #AllisBright both below (in the comments) and on your twitter.
- 11/20/2013
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
I’ve always had a special place in my heart for the Christmas season. Actually that’s a major understatement. I think most of the rest of the year is only biding time until the holidays roll around again. I have no doubt that it’s the most magical time of the year. That spirit has been reflected in countless movies about the joy of Santa, giving, and the power of the season. But there have also been some awesome movies set during Christmastime that aren’t necessarily Christmas films, Die Hard being the first to come to mind. Christmas is the only time of the year that can take an awesome action story like that and make it even better by throwing in carols and decorations, and that’s part of why I love the time of snow and eggnog so much.
The newest non-traditional Christmas film to release...
The newest non-traditional Christmas film to release...
- 11/19/2013
- by Alexander Lowe
- We Got This Covered
I absolutely love Christmas. It’s hands-down my favorite time of year and many of my favorite movies are set around the holidays. So naturally, I jump at the chance to see any Christmas movie I can, even when it’s not full of elves and reindeer. One of this year’s new holiday films, All Is Bright, definitely isn’t filled with traditional cheer and goodwill, but it’s still a quality, darker spin on a Christmas tale that features two great performances from its leads: Paul Giamatti and Paul Rudd.
Recently, in honor of the film’s Blu-Ray release, I had the pleasure of talking with All Is Bright director Phil Morrison. During our exclusive, 1 on 1 chat, we discussed Christmas movies in general, setting this specific film at Christmas time, what working with Paul Giamatti and Paul Rudd was like, and much more.
Check out the full interview below and enjoy!
Recently, in honor of the film’s Blu-Ray release, I had the pleasure of talking with All Is Bright director Phil Morrison. During our exclusive, 1 on 1 chat, we discussed Christmas movies in general, setting this specific film at Christmas time, what working with Paul Giamatti and Paul Rudd was like, and much more.
Check out the full interview below and enjoy!
- 11/19/2013
- by Alexander Lowe
- We Got This Covered
Sneak Peek director Phil Morrison's 2013 dark comedy "All Is Bright", starring Paul Giamatti and Paul Rudd, available from Anchor Bay Films on Blu-ray and DVD, November 19, 2013 :
"...French-Canadian ex-con 'Dennis' (Giamatti) schemes to buy his estranged daughter a new piano by selling Christmas trees on the streets of New York City...
"His partner is 'Rene' (Rudd), whose latest female conquest was Dennis' wife..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "All Is Bright"...
"...French-Canadian ex-con 'Dennis' (Giamatti) schemes to buy his estranged daughter a new piano by selling Christmas trees on the streets of New York City...
"His partner is 'Rene' (Rudd), whose latest female conquest was Dennis' wife..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "All Is Bright"...
- 10/29/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Watch 2 clips from Phil Morrison's All is Bright. Paul Giamatti and Paul Rudd star in the comedy from Anchor Bay Films which finds release on October 4th, 2013. Giamatti also produces alongside Michael Hogan, John Brooks Klingenbeck, Jim Tauber, Bruce Toll, Daniel Carey, Elizabeth Giamatti, Sidney Kimmel, Louise Lovegrove and John Penotti. Rene (Rudd) and Dennis (Giamatti) prove Christmas is the season for a good con. A low-level convict fresh out of prison, misanthropic Dennis is unable to find work because of his shady past. Furthermore, he discovers his longtime partner in crime, Rene, has begun a relationship with his ex-wife. Despite their growing animosity toward one another, the two decide to pull one last job together: selling Christmas trees in New York City.
- 10/8/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
People often struggle to better themselves in an effort to prove they can provide for their families, particularly after becoming involved in an ethically and legally wrong situation that was born out of good intentions. Dennis, the main character in writer-director Phil Morrison’s new comedy-drama, ‘All Is Bright,’ misguidedly began stealing in an effort to better support his wife and their young daughter, only to eventually get caught and be sent to jail for four years. Upon his release, he has the best intentions and schemes to once again find a way to support his family. But once he sees them again, Dennis finally begins to realize that the best [ Read More ]
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- 10/6/2013
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
We’ve seen Nicolas Cage lose his shit. Not just on the big screen, but with an infamous compilation of Cage’s finest moments of insanity. The only question is: why hasn’t Paul Giamatti gotten a video of his own? His performance in Ironclad alone would provide enough content. That’s just one example in a long line of Giamatti’s more bizarro choices — choices that Giamatti is proud to be able to make. As for his newest film, Phil Morrison’s All is Bright, Giamatti is fairly grounded as Dennis, an ex-con who heads to New York to sell Christmas trees with his old partner in crime Rene (Paul Rudd). All is Bright is a New Yorker dramedy with two Canadians at the center of it. We discussed the film, along with a wide range of topics, with Paul Giamatti at its press day: Do you enjoy discussing your work? [Laughs] It...
- 10/4/2013
- by Jack Giroux
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Ah, the Christmas season. A time for family, feasting, giving, and celebration – unless you’re two Canadian criminals turned straight-edge civilians. In that case, ’tis the season for backstabbing, stealing, lying, and scheming, as director Phil Morrison spins his own tale of holiday cheer by focusing on the profitable Christmas tree selling racket that causes people to pay absurd prices out of tradition, decorating the tree’s decaying corpse with tinsel, ornaments, and any other flashy attention grabbers. Yeah, never thought about it that way, did you? But there’s money to be made and lessons to be learned in All Is Bright, as the super acting duo of Paul Giamatti and Paul Rudd attempt to “Ho, ho, ho” their way straight to the bank.
Recently released from jail, Dennis (Paul Giamatti) returns home to a cold welcome from his supposed wife (Amy Landecker), finding out she’s told his...
Recently released from jail, Dennis (Paul Giamatti) returns home to a cold welcome from his supposed wife (Amy Landecker), finding out she’s told his...
- 10/4/2013
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Paul Giamatti Moves Into the Bright
By
Alex Simon
Actor Paul Giamatti has become one of the most visible character actors of his generation since his breakout role in 1997’s Private Parts, opposite radio icon Howard Stern. Since then, Giamatti has appeared in over eighty films and television productions, has been nominated for 45 separate awards between 2001 and 2008, and won 26 of them, including both an Emmy and a Golden Globe for the titular role in HBO’s John Adams.
Paul Giamatti has two new films opening this weekend: All is Bright, from Anchor Bay Films, has Giamatti portraying ex-con Dennis who joins forces with his former best friend (Paul Rudd) to travel from their native Quebec to New York to sell Christmas trees for the holiday season. A picaresque road trip ensues with truths and reconciliations abounding. The film also stars Sally Hawkins, Amy Landecker and was directed by Phil Morrison.
By
Alex Simon
Actor Paul Giamatti has become one of the most visible character actors of his generation since his breakout role in 1997’s Private Parts, opposite radio icon Howard Stern. Since then, Giamatti has appeared in over eighty films and television productions, has been nominated for 45 separate awards between 2001 and 2008, and won 26 of them, including both an Emmy and a Golden Globe for the titular role in HBO’s John Adams.
Paul Giamatti has two new films opening this weekend: All is Bright, from Anchor Bay Films, has Giamatti portraying ex-con Dennis who joins forces with his former best friend (Paul Rudd) to travel from their native Quebec to New York to sell Christmas trees for the holiday season. A picaresque road trip ensues with truths and reconciliations abounding. The film also stars Sally Hawkins, Amy Landecker and was directed by Phil Morrison.
- 10/4/2013
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Director Phil Morrison hasn't made a film since his exceptional debut indie, "Junebug," which launched Amy Adams in 2005. Brimming with life, even without the Oscar-nominated and very-worthy firecracker Adams performance, the movie is flush with an idiosyncratic humanity and especially complex and uniquely written characters. However, his long belated follow-up, "All Is Bright,” arriving some eight years after his auspicious beginning, possesses little traces of the spark that made "Junebug" so special. In fact, his sophomore effort "All Is Bright," centered around two French Canadian friends trying to make some dough in New York, is a mostly lifeless affair and a big misfire for Morrison. Impassively paced, lacking a forward narrative engine and nowhere near as fun or comical as it should be, the picture even lacks dynamic chemistry between the otherwise usually effervescent Paul Rudd and Paul Giamatti. "All Is Bright" has little rudder either, and apart from a few worthwhile.
- 10/2/2013
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
New Release
Parkland
PG-13, 1 Hr., 33 Mins.
This episodic drama is set in Dallas during the three days after the JFK assassination, and some of it is highly charged, like the scenes inside Parkland Memorial Hospital when the president is dying. Paul Giamatti deftly traces the anguish of Abraham Zapruder as he figures out what to do with his 8mm film. Yet the movie lacks an authentic period flavor, and it ambles over so much old ground that it doesn’t add up to much. B- —Owen Gleiberman
New Release
All Is Bright
R, 1 Hr., 47 Mins.
It’s been eight years...
Parkland
PG-13, 1 Hr., 33 Mins.
This episodic drama is set in Dallas during the three days after the JFK assassination, and some of it is highly charged, like the scenes inside Parkland Memorial Hospital when the president is dying. Paul Giamatti deftly traces the anguish of Abraham Zapruder as he figures out what to do with his 8mm film. Yet the movie lacks an authentic period flavor, and it ambles over so much old ground that it doesn’t add up to much. B- —Owen Gleiberman
New Release
All Is Bright
R, 1 Hr., 47 Mins.
It’s been eight years...
- 10/2/2013
- by EW staff
- EW - Inside Movies
Plot: Newly paroled Dennis (Paul Giamatti) returns home to discover that his wife, Therese (Amy Landecker) has taken up with his former friend Rene (Paul Rudd) and that their daughter thinks he.s dead. With nowhere to turn in his small Quebec town, Dennis convinces Rene to let him in on a scheme where the two of them sell Christmas trees in New York City. Review: The most surprising thing about All Is Bright is that it's taken director Phil Morrison seven years to make a follow-up to his...
- 10/2/2013
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
A lump of coal wedged between comedy and drama, All Is Bright offers up a holiday tale that sabotages its seriousness with humor that's both dire and out of place. Paroled from a Quebec prison after four years, lousy thief Dennis (Paul Giamatti) learns his wife has left him for his former partner in crime, Rene (Paul Rudd), as well as told their daughter that he's died of cancer. In order to set things right, Dennis teams with Rene to sell Christmas trees in New York City, where they struggle to make an honest day's pay—and argue incessantly about which of them truly deserves Dennis's wife. Phil Morrison's film assumes an air of miserable solemnity that's completely at odds with its protagonists' wannabe-jokey bickering, and a subplot involving Dennis's budding relationshi...
- 10/2/2013
- Village Voice
Chicago – We hit your calendar and your wallet earlier this week with a special TV-only edition of What to Watch and now we’re back to fill in the films that were released this week on DVD, Blu-ray, and streamimg services that may catch your attention. Want to watch a movie this weekend? Why not make it one of these five? If I had to rank them in order of preference, here’s how it would go…
Gimme the Loot
Photo credit: IFC Films
“Gimme the Loot”
Adam Leon’s debut comedy captures a certain we-can-do-anything attitude that’s not only common to youth but has a unique flavor in New York City. Presented by Jonathan Demme, this festival hit (and Independent Spirit Award winner) has an energy that can best be described as infectious. The loose style of narrative and approach to character can be a bit frustrating but...
Gimme the Loot
Photo credit: IFC Films
“Gimme the Loot”
Adam Leon’s debut comedy captures a certain we-can-do-anything attitude that’s not only common to youth but has a unique flavor in New York City. Presented by Jonathan Demme, this festival hit (and Independent Spirit Award winner) has an energy that can best be described as infectious. The loose style of narrative and approach to character can be a bit frustrating but...
- 9/20/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Watch the trailer for the All is Bright comedy from Anchor Bay Films, directed by Phil Morrison. The Anchor Bay Films release opens on October 4th, 2013, with a supporting cast of Amy Landecker, Tatyana Richaud, Michael Drayer, Colman Domingo, Halley Feiffer and Nikki M. James. Rene (Rudd) and Dennis (Giamatti) prove Christmas is the season for a good con. A low-level convict fresh out of prison, misanthropic Dennis is unable to find work because of his shady past. Furthermore, he discovers his longtime partner in crime, Rene, has begun a relationship with his ex-wife. Despite their growing animosity toward one another, the two decide to pull one last job together: selling Christmas trees in New York City.
- 9/12/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Paul Rudd and Paul Giamatti have teamed up for a fun-looking Christmas-themed dark comedy called All Is Bright. I enjoy both of these actors, and it looks like they will make a funny onscreen team! The movie comes from Junebug director Phil Morrison, and here's the synopsis:
All Is Bright is the story of two French Canadians who travel to New York City during the holiday season with a get-rich-quick scheme of selling Christmas trees. Dennis (Paul Giamatti) is a no-nonsense, recently released ex-con trying to get his life – and his wife – back. Rene (Paul Rudd) is Dennis’s charming, shallow, former partner-in-crime who is now living with Dennis’s estranged wife. Feeling guilty and knowing Dennis needs a job, Rene reluctantly agrees to make Dennis a partner in the scheme. Though the two former friends struggle with each other and an eclectic array of tough New York customers, they...
All Is Bright is the story of two French Canadians who travel to New York City during the holiday season with a get-rich-quick scheme of selling Christmas trees. Dennis (Paul Giamatti) is a no-nonsense, recently released ex-con trying to get his life – and his wife – back. Rene (Paul Rudd) is Dennis’s charming, shallow, former partner-in-crime who is now living with Dennis’s estranged wife. Feeling guilty and knowing Dennis needs a job, Rene reluctantly agrees to make Dennis a partner in the scheme. Though the two former friends struggle with each other and an eclectic array of tough New York customers, they...
- 9/9/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Beware, Christmas movie trailers are upon us. There’s no going back now.
In the first trailer for All Is Bright from director Phil Morrison (Junebug), Paul Giamatti’s Dennis is paroled from prison only to find himself jobless and deceased — his ex-wife told their daughter that he’d died of cancer. Still, he’s determined to find some normalcy and redeem himself to his estranged family by partnering with Rene (Paul Rudd) to sell Christmas trees in New York.
Of course it’s not as simple as that. Check out the trailer below.
All Is Bright will be available on VOD starting Sept.
In the first trailer for All Is Bright from director Phil Morrison (Junebug), Paul Giamatti’s Dennis is paroled from prison only to find himself jobless and deceased — his ex-wife told their daughter that he’d died of cancer. Still, he’s determined to find some normalcy and redeem himself to his estranged family by partnering with Rene (Paul Rudd) to sell Christmas trees in New York.
Of course it’s not as simple as that. Check out the trailer below.
All Is Bright will be available on VOD starting Sept.
- 9/7/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
As two former criminals who re-partner up to sell Christmas trees on the streets of New York, Paul Rudd and Paul Giamatti play two bad Santas trying to make it straight. If this sounds like Bad Santa to you, then you're mostly spot-on. But with Junebug director Phil Morrison at the helm, who knows if these two will end up reforming? Either way, Paul Rudd in earrings will be on VOD on September 20 and, in case you'd rather see it on the big screen, in theaters on October 4.
- 9/6/2013
- by Lindsey Weber
- Vulture
Cynical Christmas movie, or more than that? We’ll soon find that out, ’cause Phil Morrison‘s dark comedy All Is Bright opens next month. In case you’re not so familiar with the project, the movie stars Paul Giamatti and Paul Rudd as two Christmas tree salesmen who travel to New York to… well, to sell trees, what else? If you want to see what it looks like – head inside to find a brand new trailer, images and poster for the whole thing! Morrison directed the movie from a script written by Melissa James Gibson, which follows two French Canadians who travel to New York...
- 9/6/2013
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
"Get over here and smell some memories." Formerly known as Almost Christmas, the newest film from Junebug director Phil Morrison is All is Bright, hitting theaters and VOD later this year after premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival. Paul Rudd and Paul Giamatti star in the film as two French-Canadian guys who head to the Big Apple around Christmastime with a plan to rake in the dough selling Christmas trees. But the awkward duo have a hard time selling to the snobby New Yorkers in the city, and are forced to confront their own problems. This could be funny, but something doesn't feel right in this trailer. Watch? Here's the first trailer for Phil Morrison's All is Bright, originally from Yahoo: Phil Morrison (Junebug) directs All is Bright (formerly Almost Christmas) from a script by Melissa James Gibson ("The Americans"). Dennis (Paul Giamatti) is a no-nonsense, recently released ex-con...
- 9/6/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Paul Giamatti and Paul Rudd star together for the first time in the off-beat, holiday, buddy comedy All Is Bright from director Phil Morrison (Junebug).
All Is Bright is the story of two French Canadians who travel to New York City during the holiday season with a get-rich-quick scheme of selling Christmas trees. Dennis (Paul Giamatti) is a no-nonsense, recently released ex-con trying to get his life – and his wife – back. Rene (Paul Rudd) is Dennis’s charming, shallow, former partner-in-crime who is now living with Dennis’s estranged wife. Feeling guilty and knowing Dennis needs a job, Rene reluctantly agrees to make Dennis a partner in the scheme. Though the two former friends struggle with each other and an eclectic array of tough New York customers, they discover much about themselves in the process.
All Is Bright world premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival and is written by playwright...
All Is Bright is the story of two French Canadians who travel to New York City during the holiday season with a get-rich-quick scheme of selling Christmas trees. Dennis (Paul Giamatti) is a no-nonsense, recently released ex-con trying to get his life – and his wife – back. Rene (Paul Rudd) is Dennis’s charming, shallow, former partner-in-crime who is now living with Dennis’s estranged wife. Feeling guilty and knowing Dennis needs a job, Rene reluctantly agrees to make Dennis a partner in the scheme. Though the two former friends struggle with each other and an eclectic array of tough New York customers, they discover much about themselves in the process.
All Is Bright world premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival and is written by playwright...
- 9/6/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It's been eight years waiting for a follow-up from Phil Morrison, director of the wry Oscar-nominated drama “Junebug,” and now that the occasion's finally arrived, he's unfortunately faced with being the second Paul Rudd two-hander this year. “All Is Bright,” which premiered in April at Tribeca (under the awful title “Almost Christmas”), sees Rudd paired with Paul Giamatti and selling Christmas trees to resistant passers-by. Hilarious, right? Well, a new trailer has dropped, suggesting that the tone for the film is more “Bad Santa” than “Prince Avalanche.” So that's something. Fresh from a four-year stint in prison, Dennis (Giamatti) returns home to both a wife that told their daughter he died from cancer, and also the news that she's seeing his former partner-in-crime, Rene (Rudd). A welcome-back greeting from hell, but one that Dennis must quickly overcome, as he attempts to go straight with Rene in his Brooklyn-based Christmas tree business,...
- 9/6/2013
- by Charlie Schmidlin
- The Playlist
Making its world debut at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year, Phil Morrison’s dark comedy All Is Bright is set to be released on VOD across the Atlantic in just a few days’ time.
Anchor Bay will be putting it into American homes and cinemas in the coming weeks. And ahead of its release, the first trailer has launched over on Yahoo Movies, along with the first poster on Next Movie, giving us a great look at the upcoming film.
Paul & Paul are the stars of this holiday season in “All Is Bright,” the new dark comedy from director Phil Morrison (“Junebug”) about two disgruntled French Canadian ne’er-do-wells who travel to New York City with a get-rich-quick scheme of selling Christmas trees. It’s a different kind of holiday comedy, one with as much coal in its stocking as there are cookies on its plate (and don’t forget one for Rudolph!
Anchor Bay will be putting it into American homes and cinemas in the coming weeks. And ahead of its release, the first trailer has launched over on Yahoo Movies, along with the first poster on Next Movie, giving us a great look at the upcoming film.
Paul & Paul are the stars of this holiday season in “All Is Bright,” the new dark comedy from director Phil Morrison (“Junebug”) about two disgruntled French Canadian ne’er-do-wells who travel to New York City with a get-rich-quick scheme of selling Christmas trees. It’s a different kind of holiday comedy, one with as much coal in its stocking as there are cookies on its plate (and don’t forget one for Rudolph!
- 9/6/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Today we have the trailer for the Tribeca hit "All Is Bright," a buddy-comedy starring Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti and Sally Hawkins. Check it out below. Plot: Two French Canadians, easy-going charmer Rene (Rudd) and ex-con Dennis (Giamatti), travel to New York City with a scheme to get rich quick selling Christmas trees. The new movie is directed by Phil Morrison (Junebug) and is set to hit theaters on October 4th, in limited release. Trailer:...
- 9/6/2013
- WorstPreviews.com
When we think of Christmas, we think of Paul Rudd and Paul Giamatti. What, don't you?
Paul & Paul are the stars of this holiday season in "All Is Bright," the new dark comedy from director Phil Morrison ("Junebug") about two disgruntled French Canadian ne'er-do-wells who travel to New York City with a get-rich-quick scheme of selling Christmas trees. It's a different kind of holiday comedy, one with as much coal in its stocking as there are cookies on its plate (and don't forget one for Rudolph!).
"All Is Bright" made its premiere earlier this spring at the Tribeca Film Festival (under the title "Almost Christmas") and will be released on VOD on Sept. 10 followed by a theatrical release on Oct. 4. Yes, Christmas comes early this year.
We're debuting the poster for the film, which makes it look like we might finally have a film worthy of being on a double bill with "Bad Santa.
Paul & Paul are the stars of this holiday season in "All Is Bright," the new dark comedy from director Phil Morrison ("Junebug") about two disgruntled French Canadian ne'er-do-wells who travel to New York City with a get-rich-quick scheme of selling Christmas trees. It's a different kind of holiday comedy, one with as much coal in its stocking as there are cookies on its plate (and don't forget one for Rudolph!).
"All Is Bright" made its premiere earlier this spring at the Tribeca Film Festival (under the title "Almost Christmas") and will be released on VOD on Sept. 10 followed by a theatrical release on Oct. 4. Yes, Christmas comes early this year.
We're debuting the poster for the film, which makes it look like we might finally have a film worthy of being on a double bill with "Bad Santa.
- 9/5/2013
- by NextMovie Staff
- NextMovie
To help you figure out what to watch on VOD this month, we've compiled a list of the 10 best indies new to VOD this month. Click on film title to learn more. "Adore" (September 6) The subject of much talk at this year's Sundance Film Festival, Anne Fontaine's English language debut "Adore" (previously titled "Two Mothers") features a premise that's sure to raise more than a few eyebrows. In the steamy drama, Robin Wright and Naomi Watts star as a pair of Australian mothers who bed each other's respective hunky sons one fateful summer. Where to Watch: iTunes, Bright House, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox, Insight, Time Warner "All Is Bright" (September 10) Director Phil Morrison's long-awaited followup to his acclaimed 2005 film "Junebug," which originally premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year with the title "Almost Christmas," stars Paul Giamatti as Dennis, a former conman fresh out of prison who...
- 9/2/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
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