Friday 29 July 2011

Super Super 8 clips

With only a week to go before Super 8 hits cinemas, we have been sent two great clips from the film. One is the train crash that starts the whole series of events.

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Joe's Missing
In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth - something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined.
Hitting UK Cinemas August 5, 2011

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy : World Premiere

Tomas Alfredson’s film of John le Carré’s classic Cold War novel will be screened In Competition on September 5th

Working Title’s eagerly-awaited TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY, with its all-star cast headed by Gary Oldman as the reactivated MI6 agent George Smiley, has been selected to play In Competition at the Venice International Film Festival on September 5th, which will mark its World premiere.

Opening in the United Kingdom on September 16th, through Optimum Releasing, the thriller also stars Kathy Burke, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Ciarán Hinds, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Konstantin Khabensky, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Roger Lloyd Pack, and Mark Strong and is directed by Tomas Alfredson (“Let The Right One In”).
Set in the 1970s, TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY finds George Smiley, a recently retired MI6 agent, doing his best to adjust to a life outside the secret service. However, when a disgraced agent reappears with information concerning a mole at the heart of the Circus, Smiley is drawn back into the murky field of espionage. Tasked with investigating which of his trusted former colleagues has chosen to betray him and their country, Smiley narrows his search to four suspects - all experienced, urbane, successful agents - but past histories, rivalries and friendships make it far from easy to pinpoint the man who is eating away at the heart of the British establishment.

The screenplay is by Peter Straughan and Bridget O’Connor and the film, which was shot in London, Budapest and Istanbul is produced by Working Title’s co-chairmen Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner and Robyn Slovo. The executive producers are Debra Hayward, Liza Chasin, Douglas Urbanski, Peter Morgan, Olivier Courson, Ron Halpern and John le Carré.

Author John le Carré (David Cornwell) has expressed his approval of Swedish director Tomas Alfredson’s new version of his classic thriller, following its success 32 years previously as an acclaimed BBC TV series:
“The film, through my very personal prism, is a triumph.  And if people write to me and say, ‘How could you let this happen to poor Alec Guinness,’ I shall reply that, if ‘poor Alec’ had witnessed Oldman’s performance, he would have been the first to give it a standing ovation. It’s not the film of the book.  It’s the film of the film, and to my eye a work of art in its own right.  I’m very proud to have provided Alfredson with the material, but what he made of it is wonderfully his own.”

Thursday 28 July 2011

Fright Night gets a real trailer

A few days ago I posted about the remake of Fright Night and said that I couldn't find a UK trailer. All this has now changed as I've just been sent it! Along with the poster I now can give you the full set. Poster, trailer and images!

It's far better than the US one and we see a bit of David "Dr Who" Tennant topless!

Senior Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin) finally has it all—he’s running with the popular crowd and dating the hottest girl in high school. In fact, he’s so cool he’s even dissing his best friend Ed (Christopher Mintz-Plasse). But trouble arrives when an intriguing stranger Jerry (Colin Farrell) moves in next door. He seems like a great guy at first, but there’s something not quite right— yet no one, including Charley’s mom (Toni Collette), seems to notice! After witnessing some very unusual activity, Charley comes to an unmistakable conclusion: Jerry is a vampire preying on his neighborhood. Unable to convince anyone that he’s telling the truth, Charley has to find a way to get rid of the monster himself in this Craig Gillespie-helmed revamp of the comedy-horror classic.
Ripping into cinemas September 2, 2011

Happy New Year?

Director Garry Marshall and a stellar ensemble cast will ring in the 2011 holiday season with the romantic comedy “New Year’s Eve.”

“New Year’s Eve” celebrates love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and fresh starts, in the intertwining stories of couples and singles, told amidst the pulse and promise of New York City on the most dazzling night of the year.

The film stars Jessica Biel, Jon Bon Jovi, Academy Award® nominee Abigail Breslin, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, two-time Academy Award® winner Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Zac Efron, Hector Elizondo, Katherine Heigl, Ashton Kutcher, Seth Meyers, Lea Michele, Sarah Jessica Parker, Academy Award® nominee Michelle Pfeiffer, Til Schweiger, Ryan Seacrest, two-time Academy Award® winner Hilary Swank and Sofia Vergara.

Reuniting with Marshall from last year’s hit romantic comedy “Valentine’s Day” are screenwriter Katherine Fugate and producers Mike Karz and Wayne Rice. Serving again as executive producers will be Josie Rosen and Diana Pokorny, joined by Heather Hall as co-producer. The creative filmmaking team includes director of photography Charles Minsky (“Pretty Woman,” “Valentine’s Day”) production designer Mark Friedberg (“The Darjeeling Limited,” “Morning Glory,”) editor Michael Tronick (“The Green Hornet,” “Hairspray”) and Oscar®-nominated costume designer Gary Jones (“The Talented Mr. Ripley,” “Valentine’s Day”).
Find out more at the official website.
Hitting UK cinemas December 9, 2011

Wednesday 27 July 2011

Have you sunk my Battleship?

WOW! Watching the trailer that premiered over on Yahoo Movies, it seems that Universal has spent the large part of the movies' $200 million budget not on any of the acting tallent but on making giant CGI robots!

With world class acting talent, Rihanna, and the director who gave us Hancock don't expect much more than something like Transformers: Dark of the Moon but on the water.

Peter Berg (Hancock) produces and directs Battleship, an epic action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force. Based on Hasbro’s classic naval combat game, Battleship stars Taylor Kitsch as Hopper, a Naval officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones; Brooklyn Decker as Sam, a physical therapist and Hopper’s fiancée; Alexander Skarsgård as Hopper’s older brother, Commanding Officer Stone of the USS Samson; Rihanna as Lt. Raikes, Hopper’s crewmate and a weapons specialist on the USS John Paul Jones, and international superstar Liam Neeson as Hopper and Stone’s superior (and Sam’s father), Admiral Shane.

Berg directs this epic action-adventure also produced by Brian Goldner and Bennett Schneir of Hasbro (the Transformers franchise), along with Scott Stuber (Couples Retreat), Sarah Aubrey (The Kingdom) and Duncan Henderson (Master and Commander).
The biggest battle of all: Battleship hits UK cinemas April 20, 2011.

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within - the trailer

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within follows the age old themes of money , corruption and betray.


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Wagner Moura is Captain Nascimento, commander-in-chief of Rio de Janeiro’s BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion), later promoted to sub-Secretary of Security for the State. After a disastrous operation on a prison riot, Nascimento gets caught in a bloody political dispute that involves not only government officials, but also deadly paramilitary groups known as the militias. Nascimento quickly emerges as victim of his own success – in tackling Rio’s drug gangs, he creates a vacuum filled by protection rackets supported by corrupt police.

Dismantling the complex web of allegiances is a job made all the more dangerous by Nascimento’s realisation that the very people that he should be able to rely on to support his mission could be his deadliest enemies. Adding to this professional challenge are his troubles at home, as Nasciemento’s ex-wife is now married to the newly elected State Representative, and his thirteen year old son is becoming increasingly estranged from his intense and emotionally distant father. However, soon enough, his professional and personal life violently collide as he realises his work attracts danger to his family. Is it too late to save his loved ones as well as the city he has worked so hard to protect?
Hitting UK cinemas August 12, 2011
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Happy Feet 2 gets a poster

Quite a while ago, Warner bros. released the teaser trailer for the upcoming Happy Feet sequel. Now, they have released the first poster for the film.

The sequel to “Happy Feet,” the Academy Award®-winning animated smash hit, “Happy Feet Two” returns audiences to the magnificent landscape of Antarctica in superb 3D.

Mumble, The Master of Tap, has a problem because his tiny son, Erik, is choreo-phobic. Reluctant to dance, Erik runs away and encounters The Mighty Sven—a penguin who can fly! Mumble has no hope of competing with this charismatic new role model.

But things get worse when the world is shaken by powerful forces.

Erik learns of his father’s “guts and grit” as Mumble brings together the penguin nations and all manner of fabulous creatures—from tiny Krill to giant Elephant Seals—to put things right.

“Happy Feet Two” is directed by George Miller, who won an Oscar® as the creator of the original “Happy Feet.” The film features the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Hank Azaria, Alecia Moore (P!nk), Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Sofia Vergara, Common, Hugo Weaving, Magda Szubanski, Anthony LaPaglia, Richard Carter and Benjamin “Lil P-Nut” Flores, Jr.George Miller co-wrote the screenplay with Gary Eck, Warren Coleman and Paul Livingston.
Hitting cinemas in 3D, 2D and in IMAX from December 2, 2011
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IN TIME - Comic Con sizzle reel

Fox has just sent over what they describe as a "Sizzle reel". No, I have no idea what that means as well.

It has the feel of a Philip K Dick story mixed with a strange sort of Logan's run. 

Welcome to a world where time has become the ultimate currency. You stop aging at 25, but there’s a catch: you’re genetically-engineered to live only one more year, unless you can buy your way out of it. The rich “earn” decades at a time (remaining at age 25), becoming essentially immortal, while the rest beg, borrow or steal enough hours to make it through the day. When a man from the wrong side of the tracks is falsely accused of murder, he is forced to go on the run with a beautiful hostage. Living minute to minute, the duo’s love becomes a powerful tool in their war against the system.
Hitting UK cinemas November 1, 2011
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Simon Pegg stars in a Fantastic Fear of Everything

Wednesday 27, July 2011. Keel Films, in association with Universal Pictures, Indomina Releasing and Pinewood Studios Group, is delighted to announce start of production of psycho-comedy A Fantastic Fear of Everything, starring Simon Pegg. Shooting commenced on 6th July 2011, production is shooting on location in London and at Shepperton Studios.

A Fantastic Fear of Everything is written and directed by musician-turned-filmmaker Crispian Mills, marking his feature debut. He is joined by co-director and animator Chris Hopewell as part of a collaboration with Collision Films, whose award-winning work includes Radiohead’s There There and The Killers’ Smile Like You Mean It. A Fantastic Fear of Everything is produced by Geraldine Patten.

Universal Pictures will release the film in the UK, as well as Germany, Australia, New Zealand and Latin America. Indomina will release the film in the U.S. and handle sales for all other territories worldwide. Indomina is also providing production financing.
Jack (Simon Pegg) is a children’s author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in his script, what should be his ‘big break’ rapidly turns into his ‘big breakdown’, as Jack is forced to confront his worst demons; among them his love life, his laundry and the origin of all fear.
Starring Simon Pegg (Mission Impossible 4, Star Trek) as Jack, and introducing Alan Drake, A Fantastic Fear of Everything also stars Amara Karan (The Darjeeling Limited), Clare Higgins (Hellraiser) and Sheridan Smith (Hysteria).

A Fantastic Fear of Everything is the first film to receive backing from ‘Pinewood Films’ - a new finance initiative for small budget independent British films by the Pinewood Studios Group.

Tuesday 26 July 2011

THE TOP TEN FILMS/SHOWS YOU NEVER KNEW BRADLEY COOPER WAS IN

To celebrate the release of LIMITLESS (out on DVD and Blu-ray August 1, 2011), we take a look back at the TV shows and movies you never knew leading man Bradley Cooper once starred in.

1. Wedding Crashers (2005)

John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn), a pair of committed womanizers who sneak into weddings to take advantage of the romantic tinge in the air, find themselves at odds with one another when John meets and falls for Congressman Cleary’s (Christopher Walken) daughter, Claire Cleary (Rachel McAdams).

Bradley Cooper plays Claire’s overconfident, Ivy League boyfriend Sack Lodge who maliciously and hysterically stands in the way of John and Claire’s budding relationship.
2. Failure to Launch (2006)

A thirty something slacker named Tripp (Matthew McConaughey) suspects his parents (Kathy Bates & Terry Bradshaw) of setting him up with his dream girl (Sarah Jessica Parker) so he'll finally vacate their home.

Bradley Cooper plays Tripp's pal, Demo.
3. The Comebacks (2007)

This spoof comedy follows an out-of-luck coach, Lambeau Fields (David Koechner), who takes a rag-tag bunch of college misfits and drives them towards the football championships. In the process, this life-long loser discovers that he is a winner after all by redeeming himself, saving his relationship with his family and friends, and finding that there is indeed, no "I" in "team!”

Bradley Cooper plays Cowboy.
4. Yes Man (2008)

Carl (Jim Carrey) challenges himself to say "yes" to everything for an entire year.

Bradley Cooper plays one of Carl’s neglected friends, Peter
5. New York, I Love You (2009)

An anthology film joining several love stories set in one of the most loved cities of the world, New York.

Bradley Cooper stars in the vignette that chronicles his character Gus’ one night stand with Lydia, played by Drea de Matteo.
6. Case 39 (2009)

A social worker (Renee Zellweger) fights to save a girl from her abusive parents, only to discover that the situation is more dangerous than she ever expected.

Bradley Cooper plays Douglas J. Ames, psychiatrist and best friend to Zellweger’s character, social worker Emily Jenkins.
7. The Rocker (2008)

The Rocker tells the story of a failed drummer who is given a second chance at fame when he joins his nephew's high school rock band giving him a chance to reclaim the rock God throne he's always thought he deserved, and taking the young band along for the ride of their lives.

Bradley Cooper plays Trash Grace, a member of the 80s hair band, Vesuvius.
8. The Midnight Meat Train (2008)

The film follows a photographer (Cooper) who attempts to track down a serial killer dubbed the “Subway Butcher” and discovers more than he bargained for under the city streets.

Bradley Cooper plays the protagonist photographer, Leon.
9. All About Steve (2009)

Convinced that a CCN cameraman (Cooper) is her true love, an eccentric crossword puzzler (Sandra Bullock) trails him as he travels all over the country, hoping to convince him that they belong together.

Bradley Cooper plays the cameraman stalkee, Steve
10. TV Addition: Sex and the City (1999) Episode: “They Shoot Single People, Don’t They?”

Carrie gets a horrible photo taken for the cover of New York Magazine. Miranda is faking it with her current boyfriend. Charlotte starts dating her handy-man. Samantha dates a club owner, who calls them a "we" right away.

Bradley Cooper makes a one-shot appearance as the character Jake.
11. Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

The film's events take place almost exclusively on August 18, 1981, at Camp Firewood, a Jewish summer camp located near Waterville, Maine. It is the last day of summer camp, and the last day of camp means the last day for each camper and counselor to find someone to kiss at the end of the big talent show that night.

Bradley Cooper plays Ben, who along with Susie (Amy Poehler) attempt to produce and choreograph the greatest talent show Camp Firewood has ever seen.

Paranormal Activity 3 gets a teaser trailer

Now Saw has ended it's seven year run, Hollywood needs a series to run with.

The first Paranormal Activity film was, in its way, groundbreaking in horror terms. The second was a way to cash in on the success of the first and now with the third... I haven't seen any of the, now, trilogy but what I have read it seems that the film series is running backwards. In other words Paranormal Activity 2 isn't a sequel but a prequel. The third film seems to be a prequel to this film. If this carries on we will get a Paranormal Activity: The Womb months in the next couple of years.

No UK poster exists at the moment but here is the US one. It shares the same release date as when the film hits the UK and, probably, the same images...
We are excited to tell you that the CATFISH team of Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman have come aboard PARANORMAL 3. Jason Blum and the original creator Oren Peli are back producing with Steven Schneider and Akiva Goldsman executive producing. Christopher B. Landon, who served as a writer on last year’s hit sequel is back, and so are your sleepless nights.
Scaring UK cinemagoers from October 21,2011

Monday 25 July 2011

STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA cut scenes

Not that long to go before the STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA comes out on Blu-ray. With that, Fox as released a featurette showing some of the cut scenes from the series.

Hitting Blu-ray September 12, 2011

The Skin I Live In - images and clips

This week sees the premiere of Pedro Almodovar’s much talked about, The Skin I Live In, as it opens this year’s Film 4 Summer Screen at Somerset House with both Pedro Almodovar and Elena Anaya introducing the film. With this, three clips have just been released as well as a load of images.

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Ever since his wife was burned in a car crash, Dr. Robert Ledgard, an eminent plastic surgeon, has been interested in creating a new skin with which he could have saved her. After twelve years, he manages to cultivate a skin that is a real shield against every assault. In addition to years of study and experimentation, Robert needed a further three things: no scruples, an accomplice and a human guinea pig. Scruples were never a problem. Marilia, the woman who looked after him from the day he was born, is his most faithful accomplice. And as for the human guinea pig...
In cinemas August 26, 2011

Bounty Films brings us Erotibot from Japan

More strangeness coming out of Japan. This time it's not only got sex and money but Androids and ninjas thrown in for good measure. WE have reviewed this wonderfully strange film - just head over here to read what we thought.

I've managed to find a trailer. However, I would advise caution when watching it as there are some parts do show naked boobies...
Can love prevail over sex, money, androids, and ninjas?

Erotibot is the latest film from the production company behind the powerful earth, shattering Big Tits Zombie & ultra bloody gorefest The Horny House of Horror.

Tamayo (Mahiro Aine) is so adorable! From the time she was small she has been treated as the ultimate princess! Tomayo, is heiress to her wealthy family’s fortunes. In order to protect her from outside danger she is looked after by three android bodyguards. The first android is masterful and good looking. The second has beastlike strength, and the third is a clumsy misfit who can't seem to get anything right. He fantasises over his mistress and is adored by her. Together, the three androids help detect danger, and serve Tomayo during the day, and occasionally engage in after-dark 'bedroom protection' as well... Life is good!

Meanwhile another family member, Tsukiyo (Japanese AV star Maria Ozawa) who is jealous of Tomayo, hires a private detective to spy on her. He uncovers a dark secret that Tomayo is in fact the “bastard daughter” of a servant. When Tsukiyo discovers this, she is consumed by rage believing Tomayo to be an embarrassment to the family and not ‘pure blood’. Along with her servant Azami (Asami, The Machine Girl, Robogeisha), she plots to regain the inheritance she believes to be hers!!! Can she distract the three Androids long enough to exact her plan?! Who will the Androids serve in the end?! Which Android will win Tamayo's love??!!

Love, tears, and laughs tell a fascinating story that will leave viewers satisfied with their choice in erotic Sci-fi Fantasy, and will answer that age old question - "Do heiresses dream of erotic androids or cup noodles?
Erotibot is released on DVD in the UK by Bounty Films on September 26, 2011

Special features:
  • Trailer
  • New exclusive interviews with AV stars Maria Ozawa and Asami
More details:
  • Release Date: 26 September 2011
  • Certificate: 18
  • Run Time: 71 min. approx.
  • Format: 1.78:1 OAR/ Colour
  • Genre: Sci-Fi/ Erotica
  • Director: Naoyuki TOMOMATSU
  • Country: Japan
  • Language: Japanese
  • Subtitles: English (Optional)