Margaret Qualley appears in Novitiate by Maggie Betts, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Mark Levine.
Without wanting to go full “war on Christmas” here, I don’t think it would a stretch to say the cinematic landscape is not particularly bountiful with serious explorations of the Christian faith. It mostly falls into the range between reductive family dramas like Heaven is For Real, near-faithless epics like Exodus: Gods and Kings, or flippant dismissals of the whole scene like Sausage Party. I wasn’t particularly certain Sundance would be the place to go for an earnest depiction, but I wandered into this Vatican II-era nun drama nonetheless, hoping for some spark of honest engagement. I got a good deal more than a spark in return.
Cathleen (Margaret Qualley), despite having not been raised Catholic, decides at age 17 to become a nun.
Without wanting to go full “war on Christmas” here, I don’t think it would a stretch to say the cinematic landscape is not particularly bountiful with serious explorations of the Christian faith. It mostly falls into the range between reductive family dramas like Heaven is For Real, near-faithless epics like Exodus: Gods and Kings, or flippant dismissals of the whole scene like Sausage Party. I wasn’t particularly certain Sundance would be the place to go for an earnest depiction, but I wandered into this Vatican II-era nun drama nonetheless, hoping for some spark of honest engagement. I got a good deal more than a spark in return.
Cathleen (Margaret Qualley), despite having not been raised Catholic, decides at age 17 to become a nun.
- 2/2/2017
- by Scott Nye
- CriterionCast
The Sundance 2017 juries and audiences unveiled their picks on Saturday night.
In the grand jury prizes, Macon Blair’s I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore claimed the Us dramatic award and Dina by Dan Sickles and Antonio Santini won U.S. documentary.
Tarik Saleh’s The Nile Hilton Incident won world dramatic and Last Men In Aleppo by Feras Fayyad and Steen Johannessen prevailed in the world documentary category.
In the audience awards, Matt Ruski’s Crown Heights and Jeff Orlowski’s Chasing Coral were the favourites in the Us dramatic and documentary strands.
World cinema selections I Dream In Another Language by Ernesto Contreras and Joe Piscatella’s Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower emerged victorious in the dramatic and documentary sections.
“This has been one of the wildest, wackiest and most rewarding festivals in recent memory,” said festival director John Cooper. “From a new government to the independently organised Women’s March On Main...
In the grand jury prizes, Macon Blair’s I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore claimed the Us dramatic award and Dina by Dan Sickles and Antonio Santini won U.S. documentary.
Tarik Saleh’s The Nile Hilton Incident won world dramatic and Last Men In Aleppo by Feras Fayyad and Steen Johannessen prevailed in the world documentary category.
In the audience awards, Matt Ruski’s Crown Heights and Jeff Orlowski’s Chasing Coral were the favourites in the Us dramatic and documentary strands.
World cinema selections I Dream In Another Language by Ernesto Contreras and Joe Piscatella’s Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower emerged victorious in the dramatic and documentary sections.
“This has been one of the wildest, wackiest and most rewarding festivals in recent memory,” said festival director John Cooper. “From a new government to the independently organised Women’s March On Main...
- 1/29/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The 2017 Sundance Film Festival is coming to a close with tonight’s awards ceremony. While we’ll have our personal favorites coming early this week, the jury and audience have responded with theirs, topped by Macon Blair‘s I don’t feel at home in this world anymore., which will arrive on Netflix in late February, and the documentary Dina. Check out the full list of winners below see our complete coverage here.
The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was presented by Larry Wilmore to:
Dina / U.S.A. (Directors: Dan Sickles, Antonio Santini) — An eccentric suburban woman and a Walmart door-greeter navigate their evolving relationship in this unconventional love story.
The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was presented by Peter Dinklage to:
I don’t feel at home in this world anymore. / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Macon Blair) — When a depressed woman is burglarized, she...
The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was presented by Larry Wilmore to:
Dina / U.S.A. (Directors: Dan Sickles, Antonio Santini) — An eccentric suburban woman and a Walmart door-greeter navigate their evolving relationship in this unconventional love story.
The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was presented by Peter Dinklage to:
I don’t feel at home in this world anymore. / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Macon Blair) — When a depressed woman is burglarized, she...
- 1/29/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Last Week’S Review: ‘The Walking Dead’ Review: ‘Go Getters’ Gives Maggie a Reason to Live
Whose Episode Is It?
Hey, remember Tara and Heath? Tara, the American hero who once flipped Rick Grimes off as hard as she could? And Heath, the Alexandrian guy who it seemed might be pegged for some character development before he had to go star in “24: Legacy”? Well, they’re back! And quite a few things have changed in the two weeks since they’ve been on a supply run, but they remain blissfully ignorant as the episode begins.
Obligatory Zombie Action
The zombies long ago stopped being the central threat on “The Walking Dead,” but we still have to have some zombies show up every episode, lest the makeup department not earn their keep. This week, Tara and Heath encounter a bunch of zombies buried under several dump trucks worth of sand,...
Whose Episode Is It?
Hey, remember Tara and Heath? Tara, the American hero who once flipped Rick Grimes off as hard as she could? And Heath, the Alexandrian guy who it seemed might be pegged for some character development before he had to go star in “24: Legacy”? Well, they’re back! And quite a few things have changed in the two weeks since they’ve been on a supply run, but they remain blissfully ignorant as the episode begins.
Obligatory Zombie Action
The zombies long ago stopped being the central threat on “The Walking Dead,” but we still have to have some zombies show up every episode, lest the makeup department not earn their keep. This week, Tara and Heath encounter a bunch of zombies buried under several dump trucks worth of sand,...
- 11/28/2016
- by Jeff Stone
- Indiewire
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit the interwebs. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Captain America: Civil War (Russos)
In seeking to create an expansive multi-film universe, Marvel has managed to both bless and curse each of its subsequent films. The blessing comes in the form of a character development that takes place over the course of films and phases instead of scenes and acts. Characters who we met eight years ago have grown and changed before our eyes, and...
Captain America: Civil War (Russos)
In seeking to create an expansive multi-film universe, Marvel has managed to both bless and curse each of its subsequent films. The blessing comes in the form of a character development that takes place over the course of films and phases instead of scenes and acts. Characters who we met eight years ago have grown and changed before our eyes, and...
- 9/2/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
• only 22% of 2015’s movies had female protagonists
• best and worst representations of women on film in 2015 (and the average Watw score for the year)
• critics are slightly more likely to rate a film highly if it represents women well
• mainstream moviegoers are not turned off by films with female protagonists
• movies that represent women well are just as likely to be profitable as movies that don’t, and are less risky as business propositions
The Where Are the Women? project was designed to drill deep down into the films of 2015 in order to determine how well — or how poorly — they represented women. The project has now come to its end, and you can examine the final ranking here. The ranking includes 270 films released in the Us, Canada, and the UK, in both limited and wide release (including every wide-release North American film and most of the UK wide-release films). The...
• best and worst representations of women on film in 2015 (and the average Watw score for the year)
• critics are slightly more likely to rate a film highly if it represents women well
• mainstream moviegoers are not turned off by films with female protagonists
• movies that represent women well are just as likely to be profitable as movies that don’t, and are less risky as business propositions
The Where Are the Women? project was designed to drill deep down into the films of 2015 in order to determine how well — or how poorly — they represented women. The project has now come to its end, and you can examine the final ranking here. The ranking includes 270 films released in the Us, Canada, and the UK, in both limited and wide release (including every wide-release North American film and most of the UK wide-release films). The...
- 4/11/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Films include Shepherds and Butchers with Steve Coogan; Don’t Call Me Son from Anna Muylaert; and a documentary about a director and actress who were kidnapped by Kim Jong-il.
The Berlinale (Feb 11-21) has completed the selection for this year’s Panorama strand, comprising 51 films from 33 countries. A total of 34 fiction features comprise the main programme and Panorama Special while a further 17 titles will screen in Panorama Dokumente.
A total of 33 films are world premieres, nine are international premieres and nine European premieres. The 30th Teddy Award is also being celebrated with an anniversary series of 17 films.
Notable titles include Shepherds and Butchers from South Africa, which is set toward the end of Apartheid and stars Steve Coogan as a hotshot lawyer who faces his biggest test when he agrees to defend a white prison guard who has killed seven black men. What ensues is a charge against the death penalty itself, in a case...
The Berlinale (Feb 11-21) has completed the selection for this year’s Panorama strand, comprising 51 films from 33 countries. A total of 34 fiction features comprise the main programme and Panorama Special while a further 17 titles will screen in Panorama Dokumente.
A total of 33 films are world premieres, nine are international premieres and nine European premieres. The 30th Teddy Award is also being celebrated with an anniversary series of 17 films.
Notable titles include Shepherds and Butchers from South Africa, which is set toward the end of Apartheid and stars Steve Coogan as a hotshot lawyer who faces his biggest test when he agrees to defend a white prison guard who has killed seven black men. What ensues is a charge against the death penalty itself, in a case...
- 1/21/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Films include Shepherds and Butchers, starring Steve Coogan; Don’t Call Me Son from Anna Muylaert; and a documentary about a director and actress who were kidnapped by Kim Jong-il and forced to make films.
The Berlinale (Feb 11-21) has completed the selection for this year’s Panorama strand, comprising 51 films from 33 countries. A total of 34 fiction features comprise the main programme and Panorama Special while a further 17 titles will screen in Panorama Dokumente.
A total of 33 films are world premieres, nine are international premieres and nine European premieres. The 30th Teddy Award is also being celebrated with an anniversary series of 17 films.
Notable titles include Shepherds and Butchers from South Africa, which is set toward the end of Apartheid and stars Steve Coogan as a hotshot lawyer faces his biggest test when he agrees to defend a white prison guard who has killed seven black men. What ensues is a charge against the death penalty itself...
The Berlinale (Feb 11-21) has completed the selection for this year’s Panorama strand, comprising 51 films from 33 countries. A total of 34 fiction features comprise the main programme and Panorama Special while a further 17 titles will screen in Panorama Dokumente.
A total of 33 films are world premieres, nine are international premieres and nine European premieres. The 30th Teddy Award is also being celebrated with an anniversary series of 17 films.
Notable titles include Shepherds and Butchers from South Africa, which is set toward the end of Apartheid and stars Steve Coogan as a hotshot lawyer faces his biggest test when he agrees to defend a white prison guard who has killed seven black men. What ensues is a charge against the death penalty itself...
- 1/21/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Jk Rowling has been winning at life so consistently lately that her 50th birthday - which is today, July 31 (a birthday she shares with Harry himself) - feels like even more of a cause for celebration than it already would. To mark the conclusion of Rowling's fifth decade, Digital Spy is taking on the challenge of ranking the Harry Potter movies in order from worst to best.
How will Christopher Columbus stack up against Mike Newell? Will Alfonso Cuarón's much-praised single instalment outrank David Yates's four later Potter movies? Read on to find out...
Additional writing by Simon Reynolds
8. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Lacking the 'brand new franchise' sheen and the sheer sense of wonder that Philosopher's Stone had, Christopher Columbus's second outing was always going to come up slightly short. But his sentimental approach really rubs up awkwardly against Chamber's sinister central mystery,...
How will Christopher Columbus stack up against Mike Newell? Will Alfonso Cuarón's much-praised single instalment outrank David Yates's four later Potter movies? Read on to find out...
Additional writing by Simon Reynolds
8. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Lacking the 'brand new franchise' sheen and the sheer sense of wonder that Philosopher's Stone had, Christopher Columbus's second outing was always going to come up slightly short. But his sentimental approach really rubs up awkwardly against Chamber's sinister central mystery,...
- 7/31/2015
- Digital Spy
International release dates have been announced for over 17 countries for Zach Lipovsky's Dead Rising: Watchtower. Also: details on The Walking Dead and battle app, Winnin, joining forces, as well as a full image gallery for Appetites.
Dead Rising: Watchtower: Press Release: "Content Media is set to release the highly anticipated Dead Rising: Watchtower internationally, presented by Legendary Digital, available to rent or own on all major digital platforms on selected dates worldwide across Europe, Asia, Australasia, South America and Africa from July 1st 2015. The international release follows its Us release through Sony’s Crackle streaming service in March.
Legendary Digital presents Dead Rising: Watchtower, a Dead Rising/Contradiction Films Production- directed by Zach Lipovsky (Leprechaun: Origins), written and produced by Tim Carter (Mortal Kombat: Legacy), and executive produced by Tomas Harlan (Mortal Kombat: Legacy) and Lorenzo di Bonaventura (the Transformers franchise). Based on the widely popular Capcom video...
Dead Rising: Watchtower: Press Release: "Content Media is set to release the highly anticipated Dead Rising: Watchtower internationally, presented by Legendary Digital, available to rent or own on all major digital platforms on selected dates worldwide across Europe, Asia, Australasia, South America and Africa from July 1st 2015. The international release follows its Us release through Sony’s Crackle streaming service in March.
Legendary Digital presents Dead Rising: Watchtower, a Dead Rising/Contradiction Films Production- directed by Zach Lipovsky (Leprechaun: Origins), written and produced by Tim Carter (Mortal Kombat: Legacy), and executive produced by Tomas Harlan (Mortal Kombat: Legacy) and Lorenzo di Bonaventura (the Transformers franchise). Based on the widely popular Capcom video...
- 7/10/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man, the hit comedy written by Matt Murphy, based on the best-selling book by Dan Anderson and Maggie Berman, is celebrating one year of performances this week at The 777 Theatre (777 Eighth Avenue, between 47th and 48th Streets) and has announced the launch of a national tour in April 2015, followed by Las Vegas in Summer 2015 and international productions in Brazil, Australia and Toronto in Summer/Fall 2015. Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man takes the audience on a hilarious and wild ride where no topic is taboo and the insider ‘tips’ come straight from the source: a gay man. Directed by Tim Drucker, Sex Tips began performances on January 22, 2014 and opened on February 9, 2014. The show features Grant MacDermott (Now or Later) as Dan...
- 2/12/2015
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
We have added a set pictures from the event SeriousFun Children’s Network 2014 London Gala.Guests included Stephen Belafonte and Melanie Brown, Lizzie Cundy, Melanie Brown, Ola Jordan, Maggie Weston and Terry Gilliam, Jo Wood, Clea Newman, Harrison Ford, Nick Ede and Melanie Brown, Iveta Lukosiute, James Jordan, Ady Topol and Chaim Topol.Photos are copyright by Landmark / PR Photos.
- 11/7/2014
- by James Wray
- Monsters and Critics
The lineups for the Mavericks, Discovery, and Tiff Kids parts of the Toronto Film Festival were announced, wrapping up a series of lineup announcements for the Toronto International Film Festival.
With the added films, the festival’s entire slate is now a whopping 393 movies. Two hundred eighty-five of those movies are feature films, of which 143 are world premieres.
The Mavericks portion of the festival includes onstage discussions following the screening of each film. Do I Sound Gay? will be followed by a talk between director David Thorpe and sex-advice guru Dan Savage. Also premiering in that space is The 50 Year Argument,...
With the added films, the festival’s entire slate is now a whopping 393 movies. Two hundred eighty-five of those movies are feature films, of which 143 are world premieres.
The Mavericks portion of the festival includes onstage discussions following the screening of each film. Do I Sound Gay? will be followed by a talk between director David Thorpe and sex-advice guru Dan Savage. Also premiering in that space is The 50 Year Argument,...
- 8/19/2014
- by Jacob Shamsian
- EW - Inside Movies
Bill Murray is coming to Toronto folks. Actually, the film he stars in (Theodore Melfi’s St. Vincent) is having its official World Premiere launch at the jaw-dropping 285 feature film 2014 Tiff line-up. In the final batch of items we finally get the confirmation that 2014′s Palme d’Or Winner Winter Sleep (which gets added along with a trio of others to the Masters Programme) will show, and Tomm Moore’s highly anticipated Song of the Sea (among the four item line-up for Tiff Kids) also lands. Worth mentioning are the sprinkling of add-ons to the various other sections (Marjane Satrapi’s Sundance preemed The Voices, Matt Shakman’s Cut Bank and the world preem of Danis Tanovic’s Tigers) with a Studio Ghibli docu item being fitted into the Tiff Docs, but it is the Discovery Programme that finally takes shape.
The “up-and-comers” include Berlin Film Fest (and future Nyff...
The “up-and-comers” include Berlin Film Fest (and future Nyff...
- 8/19/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Ron is fully on board with Falling Skies' return. Here's his review of the season 4 opener...
Review
This review contains spoilers.
4.1 Ghost In The Machine
Falling Skies has one real hallmark as a television show: it is relentlessly positive. It seems that no matter what you do to the Mason family and all their friends, everyone's super positive about how things are going to work out pretty much one hundred percent of the time. Sure the folks of the Second Mass might find themselves getting ambushed by an Espheni assault team, separated from one another by some sort of giant laser fence that turns people into paste, and kidnapped and herded into an internment camp/ghetto combination within the ruins of Charleston, but hey, as long as there are Masons around, everything's probably going to work out for the best.
Fortunately, there are a lot of Masons, because...
Review
This review contains spoilers.
4.1 Ghost In The Machine
Falling Skies has one real hallmark as a television show: it is relentlessly positive. It seems that no matter what you do to the Mason family and all their friends, everyone's super positive about how things are going to work out pretty much one hundred percent of the time. Sure the folks of the Second Mass might find themselves getting ambushed by an Espheni assault team, separated from one another by some sort of giant laser fence that turns people into paste, and kidnapped and herded into an internment camp/ghetto combination within the ruins of Charleston, but hey, as long as there are Masons around, everything's probably going to work out for the best.
Fortunately, there are a lot of Masons, because...
- 6/23/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Time for "The Bachelor," you guys! Happy New Year to us, right?
Juan Pablo's opening montage lasts approximately five seconds before he's shirtless, but at least he's not soaping up in the shower like Sean Lowe. Remember that? It was weird.
There's some pretty sexy footage of Jp playing soccer, which he did professionally for seven years. But it all gets cuter when there's footage of him goofing around with his daughter Camila, who is named Camila Valentina because she was born on Valentine's Day. She's so cute you could eat her right up.
Plus, Camila and Juan Pablo's parents are going to live in Los Angeles with him while the first few weeks of the "Bachelor" tape, which is terrific. He keeps calling her "my chiquituri," and are they the most adorable parent/child pair to appear on this show? Very possibly.
Guy Time
Speaking of Sean,...
Juan Pablo's opening montage lasts approximately five seconds before he's shirtless, but at least he's not soaping up in the shower like Sean Lowe. Remember that? It was weird.
There's some pretty sexy footage of Jp playing soccer, which he did professionally for seven years. But it all gets cuter when there's footage of him goofing around with his daughter Camila, who is named Camila Valentina because she was born on Valentine's Day. She's so cute you could eat her right up.
Plus, Camila and Juan Pablo's parents are going to live in Los Angeles with him while the first few weeks of the "Bachelor" tape, which is terrific. He keeps calling her "my chiquituri," and are they the most adorable parent/child pair to appear on this show? Very possibly.
Guy Time
Speaking of Sean,...
- 1/7/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Falling Skies’ third season ended on a strange note. The season started off very strong with a number of promising plotlines juggled in the air. But after a few episodes, the balls started hitting the ground, one by one, leaving the inevitable fight against the Espheni using the Volm’s giant weapon as the only remaining incentive. Last week’s penultimate episode left things on an unclear note; the Volm weapon was buried underground, Lourdes was exposed as the mole, and Anne and Alexis were believed to be dead. It seemed like the finale would be a race-to-the-finish type episode, with the humans desperately trying to unearth the weapon for one final assault. In hindsight, it was silly of me – taking into account the downward slope this season has taken in terms of quality – to assume we’d get something as rewarding as a simple war.
“Brazil” skips past the...
“Brazil” skips past the...
- 8/12/2013
- by Brody Gibson
- Boomtron
Falling Skies Episode 310
“Brazil”
Written By: Remi Aubuchon
Directed By: Greg Beeman
Original Airdate: 4 August 2013
In This Episode...
Weaver, Pope, Anthony, and Lyle board a train (!) headed for Chicago. Lourdes is chained up and along for the ride. The goal is to use Lourdes as bait to draw Karen and her forces to Chicago. Tom and the rest of the army, along with Cochise, have the weapon out on a barge in Boston. They take aim, and fire. The Volm weapon sucks out a bit of the grid, turns it into energy, and blasts at the massive tower in the distance. They hit one leg of the tower; it will take ten minutes for the weapon to recharge. They don’t have ten minutes - ships are flying towards them now. The crew shoots them all down pretty easily. The tower collapses under its own weight - it crumbles into ruins,...
“Brazil”
Written By: Remi Aubuchon
Directed By: Greg Beeman
Original Airdate: 4 August 2013
In This Episode...
Weaver, Pope, Anthony, and Lyle board a train (!) headed for Chicago. Lourdes is chained up and along for the ride. The goal is to use Lourdes as bait to draw Karen and her forces to Chicago. Tom and the rest of the army, along with Cochise, have the weapon out on a barge in Boston. They take aim, and fire. The Volm weapon sucks out a bit of the grid, turns it into energy, and blasts at the massive tower in the distance. They hit one leg of the tower; it will take ten minutes for the weapon to recharge. They don’t have ten minutes - ships are flying towards them now. The crew shoots them all down pretty easily. The tower collapses under its own weight - it crumbles into ruins,...
- 8/5/2013
- by Alyse Wax
- FEARnet
Falling Skies season 3 on the whole was disappointing, but the finale, "Brazil," may have been the biggest letdown.
After the build up of the Volm device and its supposed ability to save Earth from the Espheni, there wasn't much to it, especially after the attack in last Sunday night's episode. They dug the device out, transported it and get it ready all off-screen. That challenge would have been a more compelling hour than several of the dragged out episodes this past month. Instead, we saw the device activated, initially appear to fail and then the Espheni shield destroyed.
Boring.
And the remainder of the hour wasn't much better. It was way too predictable. After trusting Cochise and partnering with him on the Volm device, the Volm mother ship landed and Cochise's father took control. Of course Cochise wasn't entirely honest with Tom. However, I do believe his intentions were noble since without the Volm device,...
After the build up of the Volm device and its supposed ability to save Earth from the Espheni, there wasn't much to it, especially after the attack in last Sunday night's episode. They dug the device out, transported it and get it ready all off-screen. That challenge would have been a more compelling hour than several of the dragged out episodes this past month. Instead, we saw the device activated, initially appear to fail and then the Espheni shield destroyed.
Boring.
And the remainder of the hour wasn't much better. It was way too predictable. After trusting Cochise and partnering with him on the Volm device, the Volm mother ship landed and Cochise's father took control. Of course Cochise wasn't entirely honest with Tom. However, I do believe his intentions were noble since without the Volm device,...
- 8/5/2013
- by carla@tvfanatic.com (Carla Day)
- TVfanatic
From The Terminator to Back to the Future to Richard Curtis's new film About Time, movies love time travel – but it's strictly for men. Anna Smith wishes she could turn back the clock
Poor Rachel McAdams. Three time-travel movies and not a whiff of the action. First was 2009's The Time Traveller's Wife, in which Eric Bana played a Chicago librarian darting through time while his on-screen wife McAdams plodded on faithfully in the present. Then, two years later, came Midnight in Paris. Owen Wilson got to party in the roaring 1920s every day of his holiday, while oblivious fiancee McAdams went sightseeing. And now Richard Curtis's new film, About Time, sees McAdams stay home as her partner Domhnall Gleeson goes time-travelling in secret, in a bid to change his past and have a better future. This time it's a gift – passed down the male line of the family.
Poor Rachel McAdams. Three time-travel movies and not a whiff of the action. First was 2009's The Time Traveller's Wife, in which Eric Bana played a Chicago librarian darting through time while his on-screen wife McAdams plodded on faithfully in the present. Then, two years later, came Midnight in Paris. Owen Wilson got to party in the roaring 1920s every day of his holiday, while oblivious fiancee McAdams went sightseeing. And now Richard Curtis's new film, About Time, sees McAdams stay home as her partner Domhnall Gleeson goes time-travelling in secret, in a bid to change his past and have a better future. This time it's a gift – passed down the male line of the family.
- 7/31/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Dwayne Johnson is Hercules! He's set to star in Brett Ratner's action movie based on the novel Hercules: The Thracian Wars.
The National Organization for Marriage has finally responded to getting spanked on all four marriage ballot issues nationally, and they're crying that they lost because they got outspent, which used to be how they won on ballot issues. I guess the mysterious shadowy figures who fund them are running low on cash? ""Obviously we are very disappointed in losing four tough election battles by narrow margins. We knew long ago that we faced a difficult political landscape with the four marriage battles occurring in four of the deepest-blue states in America. As our opponents built a huge financial advantage, the odds became even steeper. We ran strong campaigns and nearly prevailed in a very difficult environment, significantly out-performing the Gop ticket in every state."
Former National Organization for...
The National Organization for Marriage has finally responded to getting spanked on all four marriage ballot issues nationally, and they're crying that they lost because they got outspent, which used to be how they won on ballot issues. I guess the mysterious shadowy figures who fund them are running low on cash? ""Obviously we are very disappointed in losing four tough election battles by narrow margins. We knew long ago that we faced a difficult political landscape with the four marriage battles occurring in four of the deepest-blue states in America. As our opponents built a huge financial advantage, the odds became even steeper. We ran strong campaigns and nearly prevailed in a very difficult environment, significantly out-performing the Gop ticket in every state."
Former National Organization for...
- 11/8/2012
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
Wednesday, July 18, is the 20th anniversary of our marriage. How can I begin to tell you about Chaz? She fills my horizon, she is the great fact of my life, she has my love, she saved me from the fate of living out my life alone, which is where I seemed to be heading. If my cancer had come, and it would have, and Chaz had not been there with me, I can imagine a descent into lonely decrepitude. I was very sick. I might have vegetated in hopelessness. This woman never lost her love, and when it was necessary she forced me to want to live. She was always there believing I could do it, and her love was like a wind forcing me back from the grave. Does that sound too dramatic? You were not there. She was there every day, visiting me in the hospital whether I knew it or not,...
- 7/18/2012
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
Earlier this evening, Kenji put up eight new character banners for Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2. Turns out these 8 were just scratching the surface on the banners that Summit Entertainment (or Lionsgate as they are now) have released. Below are 22 brand new characters banners from the final movie in the Twilight franchise. Some of them, Kenji placed earlier this evening but there are so many new ones, it was easier to just put them all up.
We also have one new image of a large group of people together in the forest around a campfire. The group includes:
(Far Left) Andrea Gabriel, Omar Metwally
(Clockwise starting at front) Guri Weinberg (back to camera) , Noel Fisher (back to camera), Angela Sarafyan, Rami Malek, Taylor Lautner, Myanna Buring, Lee Pace, Casey Labow, Mia Maestro, Christian Camargo, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Elizabeth Reaser, Patrick Brennan, Lisa Howard, Marlane Barnes, Judith Shekoni (standing) and Tracey Heggins (standing).
Enjoy!
We also have one new image of a large group of people together in the forest around a campfire. The group includes:
(Far Left) Andrea Gabriel, Omar Metwally
(Clockwise starting at front) Guri Weinberg (back to camera) , Noel Fisher (back to camera), Angela Sarafyan, Rami Malek, Taylor Lautner, Myanna Buring, Lee Pace, Casey Labow, Mia Maestro, Christian Camargo, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Elizabeth Reaser, Patrick Brennan, Lisa Howard, Marlane Barnes, Judith Shekoni (standing) and Tracey Heggins (standing).
Enjoy!
- 7/13/2012
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Chicago – When creating a film about the origins of the vibrator, it’s best not to take yourself too seriously. The brassy, bubbly director Tanya Wexler helped convert a two page premise into a sly romantic comedy. The cast of Maggie Gyllehaal, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce, and Felicity Jones take the journey with her.
“Hysteria” refers to medical condition, a catch-all term to describe a woman’s ennui during the latter half of the 19th century in Victorian England. One medical doctor, portrayed by Jonathan Pryce, has discovered that female private part “stimulation” is the key to curing what ails them, and takes on a younger doctor (Hugh Dancy) as a co-applicator of the treatment. After losing the feeling in his hand, the younger physician decides to electrify the treatment, and the vibrator is born.
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy in ‘Hysteria’
Photo credit: Liam Daniels for Sony Pictures Classics
Given the subject matter,...
“Hysteria” refers to medical condition, a catch-all term to describe a woman’s ennui during the latter half of the 19th century in Victorian England. One medical doctor, portrayed by Jonathan Pryce, has discovered that female private part “stimulation” is the key to curing what ails them, and takes on a younger doctor (Hugh Dancy) as a co-applicator of the treatment. After losing the feeling in his hand, the younger physician decides to electrify the treatment, and the vibrator is born.
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy in ‘Hysteria’
Photo credit: Liam Daniels for Sony Pictures Classics
Given the subject matter,...
- 5/22/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
A week from today, the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival will be getting underway on the south coast of France, opening with Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom," and as ever, it's possibly the biggest date in the cinephile calendar, with a host of hotly anticipated films set to premiere over the ten days that follow. A jury headed up by Nanni Moretti, and also including Andrea Arnold, Ewan McGregor, Alexander Payne, Diane Kruger and Jean-Paul Gaultier will have to decide which of over twenty films to award the Palme d'Or to. But while the In Competition category will be typically fierce in competition, there's plenty of gems to find in the Directors' Fortnight, Un Certain Regard and Critics' Week sidebars too.
Once again, The Playlist are packing our suntan lotion and shorts to hit the Croisette, and we'll be bringing our extensive coverage from next week. But to get you warmed up,...
Once again, The Playlist are packing our suntan lotion and shorts to hit the Croisette, and we'll be bringing our extensive coverage from next week. But to get you warmed up,...
- 5/9/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol; The Wicker Tree; The Iron Lady
After blotting his copybook with the drearily disappointing Knight and Day, Tom Cruise regains his multiplex action mojo with the surprisingly sprightly Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011, Paramount, 12). Thrown into the wilderness by an absurdly contrived chain of conspiratorial events culminating in the near-destruction of the Kremlin, the now-rogue Ethan Hunt ventures to Dubai, Mumbai and various other scenic locales where he and his crack team of elite outcasts must reclaim their mission status against predictably impossible odds.
Having clearly workshopped the audience responses from previous films, the writers (Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec are credited) contrive to bring comic sidekick Simon Pegg to the fore in the manner of Joe Pesci in the Lethal Weapon sequels, while simultaneously breaking up the all-boys club with ass-kicking heroine Paula Patton.
If it all sounds terribly cynical on paper, the on-screen results are far more likably playful,...
After blotting his copybook with the drearily disappointing Knight and Day, Tom Cruise regains his multiplex action mojo with the surprisingly sprightly Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011, Paramount, 12). Thrown into the wilderness by an absurdly contrived chain of conspiratorial events culminating in the near-destruction of the Kremlin, the now-rogue Ethan Hunt ventures to Dubai, Mumbai and various other scenic locales where he and his crack team of elite outcasts must reclaim their mission status against predictably impossible odds.
Having clearly workshopped the audience responses from previous films, the writers (Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec are credited) contrive to bring comic sidekick Simon Pegg to the fore in the manner of Joe Pesci in the Lethal Weapon sequels, while simultaneously breaking up the all-boys club with ass-kicking heroine Paula Patton.
If it all sounds terribly cynical on paper, the on-screen results are far more likably playful,...
- 4/28/2012
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
'My most unappealing habit? Farting in small, enclosed spaces'
Terry Gilliam, 71, was born in Minnesota. Having worked as an animator and strip cartoonist on Help! magazine in New York, he moved to the UK in 1967, where he began working on the children's TV show Do Not Adjust Your Set. In 1969 he launched the comedy TV series Monty Python's Flying Circus, with Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman and John Cleese. The series spawned four movies, including Monty Python And The Holy Grail, which Gilliam co-directed with Jones. To see an online screening of his new short film, The Wholly Family, and to join Gilliam in conversation, go to guardian.co.uk/thewhollyfamily.
When were you happiest?
Lost in a piece of music.
What is your greatest fear?
Any harm to my children.
What is your earliest memory?
Hallucinating with scarlet fever that the refrigerator in the next room blew up,...
Terry Gilliam, 71, was born in Minnesota. Having worked as an animator and strip cartoonist on Help! magazine in New York, he moved to the UK in 1967, where he began working on the children's TV show Do Not Adjust Your Set. In 1969 he launched the comedy TV series Monty Python's Flying Circus, with Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman and John Cleese. The series spawned four movies, including Monty Python And The Holy Grail, which Gilliam co-directed with Jones. To see an online screening of his new short film, The Wholly Family, and to join Gilliam in conversation, go to guardian.co.uk/thewhollyfamily.
When were you happiest?
Lost in a piece of music.
What is your greatest fear?
Any harm to my children.
What is your earliest memory?
Hallucinating with scarlet fever that the refrigerator in the next room blew up,...
- 1/21/2012
- by Rosanna Greenstreet
- The Guardian - Film News
As Daniel Kothenschulte reminds us in the Berliner Zeitung, Georges Méliès was born 150 years ago today. "I doubt that the release of Hugo was timed to coincide with the occasion," writes Kristin Thompson. "Still, it's a happy coincidence." After all, "the subject of Méliès's pioneering special effects in the service of fantasy would be the perfect vehicle for Scorsese's first venture into 3D…. Naturally the events of history are messier than the neat scenario of a mainstream film could encapsulate. Still, given the constraints involved, Hugo's modifications of the facts seem quite reasonable, and on the whole the general public will exit the theatre with a decent impression of Méliès's career." For one thing, "Méliès was long dismissed as not being much of an editor, having supposedly just stopped his camera and started it again to allow for the substitution of different items of mise-en-scene. We now know, however,...
- 12/8/2011
- MUBI
Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars
So much Tito bashing, it’s like a Jackson 5 reunion special!
So today we learn that Maggie (Christina Ricci), isn’t just fond of her job, she’s built her entire identity around it, Kate (Kelli Garner), is a fan of Martin Luther King, Jr, Laura (Margot Robbie), isn’t pleased with having her picture taken and Captain Dean (Mike Vogel), looks excellent without a shirt.
The latest episode of ABC’s new series takes our crew to Rio, though at first it seems that Maggie won’t be going. She managed to piss off Pan Am hierarchy and it’s very likely she’s about to be fired. She manages to get onto the flight by emphasizing her Portuguese language skills.
The trouble is, she doesn’t actually have those skills. It turns out almost everything on her resume is a fraud, as we...
So much Tito bashing, it’s like a Jackson 5 reunion special!
So today we learn that Maggie (Christina Ricci), isn’t just fond of her job, she’s built her entire identity around it, Kate (Kelli Garner), is a fan of Martin Luther King, Jr, Laura (Margot Robbie), isn’t pleased with having her picture taken and Captain Dean (Mike Vogel), looks excellent without a shirt.
The latest episode of ABC’s new series takes our crew to Rio, though at first it seems that Maggie won’t be going. She managed to piss off Pan Am hierarchy and it’s very likely she’s about to be fired. She manages to get onto the flight by emphasizing her Portuguese language skills.
The trouble is, she doesn’t actually have those skills. It turns out almost everything on her resume is a fraud, as we...
- 10/31/2011
- by Chris Swanson
- Obsessed with Film
Jude Law attends 55th Annual Times BFI London Film Festival Opening Night Gala "360" European Premiere. Photo copyright Landmark / PR Photos. Terry Gilliam and Maggie Weston attend 55th Annual Times BFI London Film Festival Opening Night Gala "360" European Premiere. Photo copyright Landmark / PR Photos. Tom Hiddleston attends 55th Annual Times BFI London Film Festival Opening Night Gala "360" European Premiere. Photo copyright Landmark / PR Photos. Jude Law attends 55th Annual Times BFI London Film Festival Opening Night Gala "360" European Premiere. Photo copyright Landmark / PR Photos. Gillian Anderson attends 55th Annual Times BFI London Film Festival Opening Night Gala "360" European Premiere. Photo copyright Landmark / PR Photos. 10/12/2011 -...
- 10/17/2011
- by M&C
- Monsters and Critics
Since we know you're hungry for more Twilight highlights from today's panel and Q&A, we've assembled a few of the more choice moments for you to dig on. Or not. Whatever your bag is is fine by us.
On whether the Breaking Dawn films will be the last we see of the "Twilight" universe on the big-screen: "Who knows?", said Greene. "I mean, the fans are certainly passionate, so there's I guess definitely an opportunity for it, but as far as we know, we're finished."
On shooting the two "Breaking Dawn" films back-to-back: "I kept [track of which part we were shooting] in terms of 'which uncomfortable shoes am I wearing today?'" joked Reaser.
On his favorite line to act from the series so far: "Hmm...I don't know, in 'Eclipse' I didn't say a lot," said Booboo, shifting uncomfortably.
On the hugely-anticipated wedding scene: "It was so beautiful," said Reaser. "I mean...
On whether the Breaking Dawn films will be the last we see of the "Twilight" universe on the big-screen: "Who knows?", said Greene. "I mean, the fans are certainly passionate, so there's I guess definitely an opportunity for it, but as far as we know, we're finished."
On shooting the two "Breaking Dawn" films back-to-back: "I kept [track of which part we were shooting] in terms of 'which uncomfortable shoes am I wearing today?'" joked Reaser.
On his favorite line to act from the series so far: "Hmm...I don't know, in 'Eclipse' I didn't say a lot," said Booboo, shifting uncomfortably.
On the hugely-anticipated wedding scene: "It was so beautiful," said Reaser. "I mean...
- 7/21/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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