MACHINE GUN PREACHER trailer
I can honestly say I’ve never disliked a Marc Forster picture. The director of Monster’s Ball, Stranger Than Fiction, and Finding Neverland, my personal favorite, returns with a movie that I would probably not see where he not at the helm: Machine Gun Preacher. What sounds like a B-movie is actually an inspirational action flick starring Gerard Butler as a reformed badass who finds his calling in the war-torn areas of Uganda and Sudan. Full synopsis: When ex-biker-gang member Sam Childers (Butler) makes the life-changing decision to go to East Africa to help repair homes destroyed by civil war, he is outraged by the unspeakable horrors faced by the region’s vulnerable populace, especially the children. Ignoring the warnings of more experienced aide workers, Sam breaks ground for an orphanage where it’s most needed in the middle of territory controlled by the...
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LONE RANGER canned, AUSTIN POWERS 4 a go, BRIDGET JONES 3 confirmed, more – News Links
Apparently a $250 million Western comedy for a star that turned a pirate comedy into a multi-billion dollar franchise was just too high a price tag for Disney. The studio pulled the plug on Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger, which was to star Johnny Depp as Tonto and Armie Hammer as the Lone Ranger. (DHD) Yeah, baby, yeah. Mike Myers is ready for a fourth Austin Powers film. As Hitfix puts it, he’s signed, sealed and delivered. (HitFix) In other sequel news, a third Bridget Jones movie is officially in the works at Working Title Films. EW points out that last year franchise costar Colin Firth said the film would focus on Bridget and Darcy discovering they can’t have a child. (EW) Documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield needs your help. The BAFTA nominee started a Kickstarter campaign to get his latest...
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Francis Ford Coppola’s TWIXT trailer
I wasn’t at Comic Con, but I was following the events unfold on Twitter. One panel in particular had film writers tweeting like crazy: Francis Ford Coppola’s Twixt announcement. Nobody really knew what the man who gave us The Godfather and Apocalypse Now was talking about when hit introduced the concept for this horror film. But two things were clear: the film would go on tour and each screening would be remixed for that specific audience. (That’s enough to get most cinemaniacs in the door.) Now we know a little more. Twixt will debut at the Toronto International Film Festival and the fest released the first trailer for Coppola’s high-concept film experience. Check it out: Sure, it doesn’t look like a movie from one of the men who reinvented an industry oh so long ago. It looks almost, dare I...
Read MoreDRAGONSLAYER, NATURAL SELECTION take top jury prizes at 2011 SXSW Film Festival
From the SXSW Film Festival: 2011 SXSW Film Festival Award Winners Feature Film Jury Awards DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION Grand Jury Winner: Dragonslayer Director: Tristan Patterson Best Editing: Where Soldiers Come From Editors: Kyle Henry & Heather Courtney Best Cinematography: Dragonslayer Director of Photography: Eric Koretz Best Score/Music: The City Dark Music by: The Fishermen Three, Ben Fries NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION Grand Jury Winner: Natural Selection Director: Robbie Pickering Breakthrough Performances: Evan Ross – 96 Minutes Rachael Harris – Natural Selection Matt O’Leary – Natural Selection Best Screenplay: Natural Selection Writer: Robbie Pickering Best Editing: Natural Selection Editor: Michelle Tesoro Best Cinematography: A Year in Mooring Director of Photography: Elliot Davis Best Score/Music: Natural Selection Music by: iZLER, Curt Schneider Feature Film Audience Awards DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Winner: Kumaré Director: Vikram Gandhi NARRATIVE FEATURE Winner: Natural Selection Director: Robbie Pickering SPOTLIGHT...
Read MoreTribeca announces Spotlight and Cinemania selections, Special Screenings, for 10th fest
Chris Evans, Orlando Bloom, Chow Yun-Fat and Kathleen Turner are just some of the stars who will appear in this year’s Tribeca Film Festival selections, while icons like Ozzy Osburne, Carol Channing, and Yves Saint Laurent get the documentary treatment, the fest announced today. Joining the previously announced World Narrative and Documentary selections, 33 Spotlight films and Cinemania’s eclectic mix of genre movies, including international crowd-pleaser Trollhunter, will be screened from April 20 to May 1 in lower Manhattan. Check out the full list of films announced today, after the jump: SPOTLIGHT The Assault (L’assaut), directed by Julien Leclerq, written by Simon Moutairou and Julien Leclerq. (France) – International Premiere, Narrative. Christmas Eve, 1994. In war-torn Algiers, four men uniformed as border guards hijack Air France Flight 8969, foreboding doom for all 220 passengers. But on their arrival in Marseilles,...
Read MoreSXSW: BELLFLOWER teaser poster
Director Evan Glodell will premiere his directorial debut, Bellflower, at SXSW this week. And that car in the poster? If you’re lucky enough to be at SXSW, you can see it in person, flamethrowers and all. So what’s Bellflower about? Woodrow and Aiden spend all of their free time building Mad Max inspired flame-throwers and weapons of mass destruction in preparation for a global apocalypse in which their imaginary gang “Mother Medusa” can emerge on top. But when Woodrow meets a charismatic young woman and falls hard in love, he and Aiden quickly integrate into a new group of friends, setting off on a journey of betrayal, love, hate, infidelity, and extreme violence more devastating and fiery than any of their apocalyptic fantasies. Bellflower, directed by and starring Glodell, hits theaters on July 22,...
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