Hong Kong’s Haf adds 15 Wip projects ahead of first in-person edition since 2019.
The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society has announced 15 work-in-progress projects, completing the full line-up of the 21st Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF21).
A total of 43 projects will be presented at Haf, including 28 in-development projects announced last month, which is set to run from March 13-15 alongside the 27th Hong Kong Film & TV Market (Filmart). It will mark the first in-person edition for both events since pre-Covid 2019.
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Emerging and established actors who lead the cast of the 15 Wip projects include Fish Liew,...
The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society has announced 15 work-in-progress projects, completing the full line-up of the 21st Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF21).
A total of 43 projects will be presented at Haf, including 28 in-development projects announced last month, which is set to run from March 13-15 alongside the 27th Hong Kong Film & TV Market (Filmart). It will mark the first in-person edition for both events since pre-Covid 2019.
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Emerging and established actors who lead the cast of the 15 Wip projects include Fish Liew,...
- 2/8/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Fifteen additional work-in-progress films are set to join the Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf) that takes place next month alongside the FilMart rights market. They join 28 previously announced in-development projects.
The 21st edition of Haf runs March 13-15 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and will be the first physical, in-person edition of the project event since 2019. All the work-in-progress projects will take part in a public pitching session on the first day.
The work-in-progress selection skews heavily towards Chinese language titles, with three originating in Hong Kong and the majority of the others from mainland China.
Leading names attached to the selected work-in-progress titles include producers Stanley Kwan (“Centre Stage”), Mai Meksawan (“Manta Ray”) and Ram Krishna Pokharel (“The Red Phallus”). Emerging and established actors including Fish Liew, Austin Lin, Ma Chih-Hsiang, Matsuda Ryuhei, Wang Xuebing, Wu Kang-Ren, and Zu Feng grace various projects.
The 21st edition of Haf runs March 13-15 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and will be the first physical, in-person edition of the project event since 2019. All the work-in-progress projects will take part in a public pitching session on the first day.
The work-in-progress selection skews heavily towards Chinese language titles, with three originating in Hong Kong and the majority of the others from mainland China.
Leading names attached to the selected work-in-progress titles include producers Stanley Kwan (“Centre Stage”), Mai Meksawan (“Manta Ray”) and Ram Krishna Pokharel (“The Red Phallus”). Emerging and established actors including Fish Liew, Austin Lin, Ma Chih-Hsiang, Matsuda Ryuhei, Wang Xuebing, Wu Kang-Ren, and Zu Feng grace various projects.
- 2/8/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
There have been several attempts to revisit Robinson Crusoe from the point of view of loyal sidekick Friday, but up until now, no one has tried to tell the story from the perspective of Crusoe’s parrot, dog, and goat. In comes Belgian animation studio NWave Pictures (previously behind Fly Me To The Moon, which depicted the Apollo 11 mission from the perspective of… some houseflies) with The Wild Life, the sort of uninspired international pre-sales item that usually goes straight from a basement booth at the Cannes film market to a Netflix parent’s peripheral vision. The sole interesting thing about NWave’s animation is its use of the camera, which plays to 3-D’s pop-out factor; otherwise, its movies (like Thunder And The House Of Magic and A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventures, both directed or co-directed by founder Ben Stassen) are pap, cranked out on an...
- 9/8/2016
- by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
- avclub.com
“Fly me to the moon; Let me play among the stars; Let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars…”
When Kaye Ballard sang those words back in 1954, video games as we know them didn’t exist and were still many years away. However, although sixty years have passed and it’s now 2014, the song and its lyrics fit with and foreshadow one of the industry’s newest blockbusters: Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! At least as far as I’m concerned, as the song is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of the game or its title.
Following in the impressive footsteps of Gearbox Software’s breakout hit, Borderlands, and its beloved sequel, Borderlands 2, The Pre-Sequel! is an interesting commodity for two reasons. First, there’s the fact that, instead of having the majority of its development handled by its series’ talented creators, the game...
When Kaye Ballard sang those words back in 1954, video games as we know them didn’t exist and were still many years away. However, although sixty years have passed and it’s now 2014, the song and its lyrics fit with and foreshadow one of the industry’s newest blockbusters: Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! At least as far as I’m concerned, as the song is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of the game or its title.
Following in the impressive footsteps of Gearbox Software’s breakout hit, Borderlands, and its beloved sequel, Borderlands 2, The Pre-Sequel! is an interesting commodity for two reasons. First, there’s the fact that, instead of having the majority of its development handled by its series’ talented creators, the game...
- 10/20/2014
- by Chad Goodmurphy
- We Got This Covered
Here's your first look at the animated film 'Thunder and the House of Magic' coming to DVD and Blu-ray on September 30!
This fall, venture inside an intriguing mansion full of endearing animals and a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos, and spellbound by the exciting animated adventure of Thunder And The House Of Magic. Already a great box-office success in much of the world, this highly entertaining family movie is directed by renowned 3D filmmakers Ben Stassen (Fly Me to the Moon, Sammy's Adventures: Escape from Paradise) and Jeremie Degruson (A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventure), with original music by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones). The film also features the music of Selena Gomez.
On September 30, 2014, Shout! Factory is proud to present Thunder And The House Of Magic on DVD and on two-disc Blu-ray™ 3D Combo Pack (Blu-ray 3D and 2D, DVD and digital), available exclusively at Walmart stores everywhere.
This fall, venture inside an intriguing mansion full of endearing animals and a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos, and spellbound by the exciting animated adventure of Thunder And The House Of Magic. Already a great box-office success in much of the world, this highly entertaining family movie is directed by renowned 3D filmmakers Ben Stassen (Fly Me to the Moon, Sammy's Adventures: Escape from Paradise) and Jeremie Degruson (A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventure), with original music by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones). The film also features the music of Selena Gomez.
On September 30, 2014, Shout! Factory is proud to present Thunder And The House Of Magic on DVD and on two-disc Blu-ray™ 3D Combo Pack (Blu-ray 3D and 2D, DVD and digital), available exclusively at Walmart stores everywhere.
- 8/21/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Victor Medina)
- Cinelinx
Here's your first look at the animated film 'Thunder and the House of Magic' coming to DVD and Blu-ray on September 30!
This fall, venture inside an intriguing mansion full of endearing animals and a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos, and spellbound by the exciting animated adventure of Thunder And The House Of Magic. Already a great box-office success in much of the world, this highly entertaining family movie is directed by renowned 3D filmmakers Ben Stassen (Fly Me to the Moon, Sammy's Adventures: Escape from Paradise) and Jeremie Degruson (A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventure), with original music by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones). The film also features the music of Selena Gomez.
On September 30, 2014, Shout! Factory is proud to present Thunder And The House Of Magic on DVD and on two-disc Blu-ray™ 3D Combo Pack (Blu-ray 3D and 2D, DVD and digital), available exclusively at Walmart stores everywhere.
This fall, venture inside an intriguing mansion full of endearing animals and a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos, and spellbound by the exciting animated adventure of Thunder And The House Of Magic. Already a great box-office success in much of the world, this highly entertaining family movie is directed by renowned 3D filmmakers Ben Stassen (Fly Me to the Moon, Sammy's Adventures: Escape from Paradise) and Jeremie Degruson (A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventure), with original music by Ramin Djawadi (Game of Thrones). The film also features the music of Selena Gomez.
On September 30, 2014, Shout! Factory is proud to present Thunder And The House Of Magic on DVD and on two-disc Blu-ray™ 3D Combo Pack (Blu-ray 3D and 2D, DVD and digital), available exclusively at Walmart stores everywhere.
- 8/21/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Victor Medina)
- Cinelinx
After co-writing the material for her first two albums, actress Minnie Driver decided to turn to songs that others first made famous for “Ask Me To Dance,” out Oct. 7. The Rounder/Zoe release, Driver’s first album since 2007, features her interpretations of such tunes as The Cure’s “Close To Me,” Neil Young’s “Tell Me Why,” Stevie Wonder’s “Master Blaster,” the Killer’s “Human,” Neil Finn’s “Better Be Home Soon,” and even going back to the Sinatra standard, “Fly Me To The Moon.” In this exclusive clip, HitFix premieres Driver singing “Waltz #2,” from the late Elliott Smith. As movie fans know, Smith’s “Miss Misery” was featured in one of Driver’s earlier film’s, “Good Will Hunting,” and the two were friends until his death. She prefaces the performance by talking about being in the studio with Smith when he recorded the vocal for the haunting,...
- 7/29/2014
- by Melinda Newman
- Hitfix
This rendition of Frank Sinatra's "Fly Me to the Moon" is sure to give you goosebumps. And not just because it's sung by an adorable 8-year-old. It's just that good. The fact that crooner Angelina Jordan is only 8 - and not even American - just adds to the impressive nature of this video. Angelina, a vet of Norway's Got Talent, sand the song on a late-night show in her country. It might just be better than the original. Watch now.
- 5/8/2014
- by Annie Gabillet
- Popsugar.com
“The Colbert Report”opted for an interesting musical choice when it came to introducing Tuesday night's guest, MSNBC host Ronan Farrow — “Fly Me to the Moon.” The love song is sung by Frank Sinatra who may or may not be Farrow's biological father. Questions about the newly minted newsman's parentage came to light in a Vanity Fair profile last year of his mother Mia Farrow. Prior to that, it was believed that his father was Woody Allen, the Oscar-winning film legend who was accused of sexually molesting Ronan Farrow's adopted sister Dylan Farrow while she was a child.
- 3/12/2014
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
Chris Pine is more than just a pretty face -- he's got a pretty voice to match!The "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" star was a guest on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Thursday, where Jimmy made the actor reveal his hidden talent.Apparently, Pine's "Into the Woods" costar Meryl Streep recently told Jimmy that Chris has an amazing singing voice -- and the host had him to prove it by busting out into song.The actor's tune of choice: "Fly Me to the Moon."Check out the video above to hear his smooth vocals. What do you think? Read more...
- 1/17/2014
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
Chris Pine will be filling Harrison Ford’s shoes as “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” in theaters this weekend, and the blue-eyed actor proved he might be able to portray Frank Sinatra one day when he sang a few verses from “Fly Me to the Moon” for Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday. The impromptu performance (above) was spurred by Wednesday’s guest, Meryl Streep, who told Kimmel that her “Into the Woods” co-star was “a great singer.” See video: Meryl Streep Talks Oscars: ‘I Don’t Like It, But I Crave It’ “I’m a shower singer, for sure,” Pine said. “But...
- 1/17/2014
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
Did Brandi Glanville apologize for a joke? Is Kendall Jenner cool with her parents’ divorce? Has the script for X-Men: Days of Future Past leaked online?
Meryl Streep talked up Chris Pine‘s singing skills to Jimmy Kimmel this week and last night Pine delivered with a swoon-worthy rendition of “Fly Me To The Moon.” Kimmel even quipped that he was falling in love with the Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit star. [YouTube] Brandi Glanville has apologized for offending people by joking on her podcast that she wanted to be molested as a child. The joke came up during an interview with Jim Florentine. [Eonline] Kendall Jenner might be keeping mum about her dating life, but she is opening up about her parents’ divorce. She said, “It sucks not having a dad live with you.” [People] Radar Online claims to have received leaked script materials from X-Men: Days of Future Past. The gossip site...
Meryl Streep talked up Chris Pine‘s singing skills to Jimmy Kimmel this week and last night Pine delivered with a swoon-worthy rendition of “Fly Me To The Moon.” Kimmel even quipped that he was falling in love with the Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit star. [YouTube] Brandi Glanville has apologized for offending people by joking on her podcast that she wanted to be molested as a child. The joke came up during an interview with Jim Florentine. [Eonline] Kendall Jenner might be keeping mum about her dating life, but she is opening up about her parents’ divorce. She said, “It sucks not having a dad live with you.” [People] Radar Online claims to have received leaked script materials from X-Men: Days of Future Past. The gossip site...
- 1/17/2014
- by Meghan O'Keefe
- TheFabLife - Movies
There is not a singing style or composer's songbook that the enchanting Christine Andreas cannot illuminate with indelible charm, wit and elegance. In her show Love is Good the Broadway star celebrates romance with a collection of beloved standards and Broadway favorites as well as songs by contemporary artists. Christine will win your heart with such tunes as 'Fly Me to the Moon,' 'My Heart Stood Still,' 'And So It Goes' and more.
- 11/15/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
This week, for the first time in four years, a dark shadow will be falling over the X Factor studios. No we don’t mean the return of Simon Cowell and his awe-inspiringly flat hair – the infamous “Big Band Week” has been resurrected.
Let’s face it, this hasn’t been the most exciting series of The X Factor ever (despite fantastic erratic behaviour from Sharon Osbourne and fantastic big hair from Nicole Scherzinger), so perhaps devoting an entire night to a genre of music that the majority of the X Factor audience aren’t old enough to remember and only a handful of people actually enjoy isn’t the smartest idea the producers have ever had. We don’t know about you, but listening to some hopeful murdering Fly Me To The Moon for the five hundredth time in reality TV history isn’t our idea of a fun-packed Saturday evening,...
Let’s face it, this hasn’t been the most exciting series of The X Factor ever (despite fantastic erratic behaviour from Sharon Osbourne and fantastic big hair from Nicole Scherzinger), so perhaps devoting an entire night to a genre of music that the majority of the X Factor audience aren’t old enough to remember and only a handful of people actually enjoy isn’t the smartest idea the producers have ever had. We don’t know about you, but listening to some hopeful murdering Fly Me To The Moon for the five hundredth time in reality TV history isn’t our idea of a fun-packed Saturday evening,...
- 11/8/2013
- by Daniel Welsh
- Obsessed with Film
In a relatively quiet week at the Chinese box office, Russian war epic Stalingrad storms to the top of the chart, while Adam Sandler's animated horror comedy Hotel Transylvania also debuts strongly. Rank Title Origin 28/10 - 3/11 (Us$M) Total (Us$M) Screening days 1 Stalingrad Russia $8.28 $8.28 4 2 The Wolverine USA $6.59 $39.71 18 3 Hotel Transylvania USA $5.71 $5.71 3 4 Special ID China/Hk $3.48 $24.68 17 5 The Last Stand USA $2.99 $7.79 11 6 Fly Me to the Moon France $2.44 $4.93 10 7 Baby Blues China $2.21 $2.23 4 8 A Chilling Cosplay China $1.92 $1.92 6 9 Now You See Me USA $1.51 $22.95 25 10 Pay Back China $0.76 $0.76 3 Stalingrad, the epic 3D IMAX rendering...
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- 11/5/2013
- Screen Anarchy
The Marvel franchise in Australia is growing by leaps and bounds, judging by last weekend.s brawny debut of Thor: The Dark World.
The superhero adventure which stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hiddleston and Idris Elba, amassed $7.2 million from Thursday to Sunday, and $7.4 million including previews.
The 4-day figure was 34% bigger than the $5.3 million opening of Thor in 2011, prompting one exhibitor to observe, .After Captain America: The First Avenger and Iron Man 3, the Marvel franchise is getting bigger..
The Marvel film virtually singlehandedly boosted the total B.O. by 46% to $13.5 million after a few flat weeks. In second spot, high seas drama Captain Phillips steamed ahead to $4.5 million after its second weekend, easing by 32%, taking $1.5 million.
Lee Daniels' The Butler opened with a mediocre $849,000 on 184 screens, perhaps not surprising for a drama with a very Us-centric subject, the tale of a White House butler who served seven Presidents,...
The superhero adventure which stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hiddleston and Idris Elba, amassed $7.2 million from Thursday to Sunday, and $7.4 million including previews.
The 4-day figure was 34% bigger than the $5.3 million opening of Thor in 2011, prompting one exhibitor to observe, .After Captain America: The First Avenger and Iron Man 3, the Marvel franchise is getting bigger..
The Marvel film virtually singlehandedly boosted the total B.O. by 46% to $13.5 million after a few flat weeks. In second spot, high seas drama Captain Phillips steamed ahead to $4.5 million after its second weekend, easing by 32%, taking $1.5 million.
Lee Daniels' The Butler opened with a mediocre $849,000 on 184 screens, perhaps not surprising for a drama with a very Us-centric subject, the tale of a White House butler who served seven Presidents,...
- 11/4/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
James Mangold's X-Men spin-off keeps Donnie Yen at bay for a second week running as The Wolverine stays on top in China, while Arnold Schwarzenegger's The Last Stand and Diane Kruger's French language comedy make modest debuts. Rank Title Origin 21/10 - 27/10 (Us$M) Total (Us$M) Screening days 1 The Wolverine USA $14.51 $33.07 11 2 Special ID Hk/China $10.04 $21.15 10 3 The Last Stand USA $4.75 $4.75 4 4 Now You See Me USA $3.47 $21.45 18 5 Fly Me to the Moon France $2.45 $2.45 3 6 Love Will Tear Us Apart China $1.97 $13.69 16 7 Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon China $1.66 $96.40 30 8 Fall of Ming China $0.46 $0.46 3 9 My Lucky Star China...
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- 10/30/2013
- Screen Anarchy
There is not a singing style or composer's songbook that the enchanting Christine Andreas cannot illuminate with indelible charm, wit and elegance. In her show Love is Good the Broadway star celebrates romance with a collection of beloved standards and Broadway favorites as well as songs by contemporary artists. Christine will win your heart with such tunes as 'Fly Me to the Moon,' 'My Heart Stood Still,' 'And So It Goes' and more.
- 10/10/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Despite starring two highly desirable stars in Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, Gravity is not a romantic comedy. But what if the hit space thriller was a funny love story? Those who've seen the film know there aren't many light-hearted moments in its tense 90 minutes, but that's not the case in a recut trailer created by Film School Rejects. Photos: NY 'Gravity' Premiere Soundtracked to "Fly Me to the Moon," the alternate take on Gravity features footage from the film with some of Clooney's audio from Intolerable Cruelty and Bullock's audio from Two Weeks Notice, in which
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- 10/10/2013
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
© Metallica Through The Never, Courtesy of Picturehouse
Exclusive Media will present award-winning writer/director Nimród Antal’s (Predators, Kontroll) captivating 3D concert/suspense film Metallica Through The Never featuring one of music’s most enduring and iconic bands to international buyers at this year’s upcoming Cannes Film Market, it was announced today by Exclusive Media’s President of International Sales and Distribution, Alex Walton.
Starring Metallica members Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo, a cast of thousands of their fans and breakout star Dane DeHaan (Chronicle, The Amazing Spider-man 2), Metallica Through The Never is produced by former IMAX film producer Charlotte Huggins (Journey To The Center Of The Earth, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island). The film marries groundbreaking footage and editing techniques with a compelling narrative, in which a crewmember (played by DeHaan) is sent out on a mission during Metallica’s roaring live set...
Exclusive Media will present award-winning writer/director Nimród Antal’s (Predators, Kontroll) captivating 3D concert/suspense film Metallica Through The Never featuring one of music’s most enduring and iconic bands to international buyers at this year’s upcoming Cannes Film Market, it was announced today by Exclusive Media’s President of International Sales and Distribution, Alex Walton.
Starring Metallica members Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo, a cast of thousands of their fans and breakout star Dane DeHaan (Chronicle, The Amazing Spider-man 2), Metallica Through The Never is produced by former IMAX film producer Charlotte Huggins (Journey To The Center Of The Earth, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island). The film marries groundbreaking footage and editing techniques with a compelling narrative, in which a crewmember (played by DeHaan) is sent out on a mission during Metallica’s roaring live set...
- 5/14/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Col*Coa is winding down, but you can still catch a few stellar films and see the award winners for free Monday, April 22, 2013.
Award Screenings at 6:00 pm: The evening will start with the rerun of two awarded films in the Renoir and Truffaut Theaters at the DGA. Films will be announced on Sunday April 21 on the Col*Coa website, on Facebook, Twitter and on the Col•Coa info line (310) 289 5346. Free admission on a First comes First Served basis. No RSVP needed.
You can stay and also see the Closing Night Films at 8:30 pm at the DGA. Reservations needed. Those are both North American Premieres of two very anticipated French films. The thriller Moebus by Eric Rochant will show for free as will the comedy Like Brothers by Hugo Gélin.
Being among the French filmmakers (and I saw way too few of the films) gave me such a surprising sense of renewal - again because of this upcoming generation. After seeing City of Lights, the short by Pascal Tessaud which preceded the classic Jacques Demy film Bay of Angels starring a platinum blond gambling-addicted Jeanne Moreau in Cannes, Nice and Monte Carlo in 1963, we spoke at length about what is called "The New Vibe". City of Lights stars a deeply quiet young man from "les banlieus", the notorious "suburbs" surrounding Paris where the international mix of young (and old) proletariat population is invisible to the rest of France except when the anger erupts into riots. This first generation has the French education but not the money or jobs and it hurts. They have picked up the cameras and with no money are creating films which express their lives in many ways like the new Latin American filmmakers or the new Eastern European filmmakers. Tessaud gave me an entire education in the hour we talked and I will share this in time. For now, aside from his wonderfuly trenchant film which played like a feature, which captured the Paris this young generation recognizes as The City of Lights - dancing, the kitchen of a very upscale restaurant, the dreary streets filled with construction, there is another example of The New Vibe, started by Rachid Djaïdani (a story in himself) the film Hold Back (Rengaine) leads the pack of the 20-some-odd new films of The New Vibe. It is produced by Anne-Dominque Toussaint (Les Films des Tournelles) whose films are too numerous to name but include my favorite The Hedgehog which I wrote about at Col*Coa two years ago, Col*Coa's current Cycling with Moliere, 2002's Respiro and many many others. Hold Back took 9 years to make and most of the team was unpaid. The New Vibe makes films without the aid of the French system of funding; it is more guerilla-style, not New Wave, not Dogma but New Vibe. Hold Back took Cannes by storm when it showed last year in Directors Fortnight and went on to New Directors/ New Films in New York. The classic story of a Catholic and a Muslim who want to marry but whose family objects, this rendition the Juliet has a brother who marches throughout Paris to alert her 39 other brothers that she wants to marry outside her cultural and religious traditions. "This fresh debut mixes fable, plucky social commentary - particularly about France's Arab community - and inventive comic setpieces" (Col*Coa)
Hold Back (Rengaine) (Isa: Pathe) goes beyond the funny but "establishmant" film Intouchable which played here last year. It is the exact opposite of such films as Sister or even Aliyah (Isa: Rezo) which played here this year and also in Directors Fortnight last year. Aliyah is about a young French Jewish man who must make his last drug sale in order to escape his brother's destructive behavior. He escapes by immigrating to Israel. These films are made by filmmakers within the French establishment and describe a proletariat existence which exists in their bourgeois minds. They lack a certain "verite" which can only be captured by one who knows viscerally what such marginal existence is.
At the opposite end of the contemporary spectrum of films today, a real establishment film is You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet by Alain Renais (you have to be a Renais fan to love it who was so avant-garde in his day). Those old New Wave films one could see here stand out in beautiful contrast to today's New Vibe: Renais' Stavisky or the 1963 film The Fire Within (Le feu follet) by Louis Malle again starring the beautiful Jeanne Moreau. I missed them both to my regret. When I miss a film I always tell myself I can see it when it's released or on DVD or Mubi, but rarely do I get to see it. Instead I can only read about it as here written up by Beth Hanna on Indiewire blog ToH. The Fire Within was part of Wes Anderson's choices, one of the various showcases of Col*Coa. Says Hanna: "Anderson's taste is impeccable: He has selected Louis Malle's 1963 lyrical depression drama The Fire Within." It was made after the classic Elevator to the Gallows (1958) which Miles Davis scored and which also starred the young Jeanne Moreau. She also could be seen her in Col*Coa in the classic 1963 Jacques Demy-directed Bay of Angels.
Col*Coa really offered something for everyone this year. Another of my favorite film genres, the Jewish film, was represented by Aliyah and The Dandelions (Du Vent dans mes mollets) (Isa: Gaumont), Stavisky, and It Happened in St. Tropez (Isa: Pathe), a classic French comedy -- though a bit dark and yet still comedic, about romance, love and marriage switching between generations in a neurotic, comfortably wealthy Jewish family. The Dandelions was, according to my friend Debra Levine, a writer on culture including film and dance, (see her blog artsmeme), "darling, so touching, so well made, so creative ... i really liked it. Went into that rabbit hole of little girls together ... Barbie doll play. Crazy creative play. As looney as kids can be."
Ian Birnie's favorite film was Becoming Traviata. Greg Katchel's favorite originally was Rendez-vous à Kiruna by Anna Novion, but when I saw him later in the festival his favorite was Cycling with Moliere (Alceste a bicyclette) (Isa: Pathe), again produced by Anne-Dominque Toussaint and directed by Philippe Le Guay who directed one of my favorites, The Women on the 6th Floor. Greg also liked Three Worlds though it was a bit "schematic" in depicting the clash of different cultures which were also shown in Hold Back.
Of the few films I was able to see, the most interesting was Augustine by Alice Winokur. It is the French response to David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method and the British film Hysteria. All three were about the turn of the century concern of psychologists or doctors with female hysteria. This one concerned Jean-Martin Charcot and the neurologist's belief that hysteria was a neurological disease and he used hypnosis to get at its roots, whild in A Dangerous Method it was seen by Freud and Jung as a mental disorder and in Hysteria by Tanya Wexler (Tiff 2011) in which Dr. Mortimer Granville devises the invention of the first vibrator in the name of medical science.
Take a look at Indiewire's own article here for more on Los Angeles's greatest French attraction, the second largest French film festival in the world.
Several American distributors will present their films at Col•Coa before their U.S. release: Kino Lorber – You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet, co-written and directed by Alain Resnais (Focus on a Filmmaker); Mpi Media – Thérèse, the last film of director/co-writer Claude Miller starring Audrey Tautou; Cohen Media Group – In the House, written and directed by François Ozon and The Attack, co-written and directed by Ziad Doueiri; Distrib Films for two documentaries: Becoming Traviata and The Invisibles; Film Movement for two thrillers: Aliyah and Three Worlds; The Weinstein Company - Populaire.
Below you can see the international sales agents for the current features showing.
11.6 / 11.6 (Isa: Wild Bunch)
Directed by: Philippe Godeau
Written by: Philippe Godeau, Agnès De Sacy
A Few Hours Of Spring / Quelques heures de printemps (Isa: Rezo)
Directed by: Stéphane Brizé ♀
Written by: Stéphane Brizé, Florence Vignon
Cast: Vincent Lindon, Hélène Vincent, Emmanuelle Seigner, Olivier Perrier
Aliyah/Alyah ✡ (Isa: Rezo, U.S.: Film Movement
Directed by: Élie Wajeman
Written by: Élie Wajeman, Gaëlle Macé
Armed Hands / Mains armées (Isa: Films Distribution)
Directed by: Pierre Jolivet
Written by: Pierre Jolivet, Simon Michaël
Augustine / Augustine (Isa: Kinology, U.S.: Music Box)
Directed by: Alice Winocour ♀
Written by: Alice Winocour
Aya Of Yop City / Aya de Yopougon (Isa: TF1)
Directed by: Clément Oubrerie, Marguerite Abouet ♀
Written by: Marguerite Abouet
Bay Of Angels / La Baie des anges (U.S.: Criterion)
Directed by: Jacques Demy
Written by: Jacques Demy
Becoming Traviata /Traviata et nous (Isa: Films Boutique, U.S. Distrib Films and Cinema Guild)
Directed by: Philippe Béziat
Written by: Philippe Béziat
Cycling With MOLIÈRE / Alceste à bicyclette (Isa: Pathe)
Directed by: Philippe Le Guay
Written by: Philippe Le Guay, based on an original idea by Fabrice Luchini and Philippe Le Guay
Fly Me To The Moon / Un plan parfait (Isa: Kinology)
Directed By: Pascal Chaumeil
Written By: Laurent Zeitoun, Yoann Gromb, Philippe Mechelen
Haute Cuisine / Les Saveurs du palais (Isa: Wild Bunch, U.S.: The Weinstein Company)
Directed by: Christian Vincent
Written by: Etienne Comar & Christian Vincent, based on the life of Danièle Mazet-Delpeuch
Hidden Beauties / Mille-Feuille (Isa: Other Angle Pictures)
Directed by: Nouri Bouzid
Written by: Nouri Bouzid, Joumène Limam
Hold Back / Rengaine (Isa: Pathe)
Directed by: Rachid Djaïdani
Written by: Rachid Djaïdani
In The House / Dans la maison (Isa: Wild Bunch, U.S.: Cohen Media Group)
Directed by: François Ozon
Written by: François Ozon
It Happened In Saint-tropez / Des Gens qui s’embrassent (Isa: Pathe)
Directed by: Danièle Thompson ♀
Written by: Danièle Thompson, Christopher Thompson
Jappeloup/ Jappeloup (Isa: Pathe)
Directed by: Christian Duguay
Written by: Guillaume Canet
Le Grand Soir / Le grand soir (Isa: Funny Balloons)
Directed by: Benoît Delépine and Gustave de Kervern
Written by: Benoît Delépine and Gustave de Kervern
Little Lion / Comme un Lion (Isa: Pyramide)
Directed by: Samuel Collardey
Written by: Catherine Paillé, Nadège Trebal, Samuel Collardey
Moon Man / Jean de la lune (Isa: Le Pacte)
Directed By: Stephan Schesch
Written By: Stephan Schesch, Ralph Martin. Based on the book by: Tomi Ungerer
Populaire / Populaire (Isa: Wild Bunch, U.S.: TWC)
Directed By: Régis Roinsard
Written By: Régis Roinsard, Daniel Presley, Romain Compingt
Rendezvous In Kiruna / Rendez-vous à Kiruna (Isa: Pyramide)
Directed by: Anne Novion ♀
Written by: Olivier Massart, Anne Novion, Pierre Novion
Sons Of The Wind / Les Fils du vent (Isa: Wide)
Directed by: Bruno Le Jean
Written by: Bruno Le Jean
Stavisky / Stavisky (1974) (Isa: StudioCanal)
Directed by: Alain Resnais
Written by: Jorge Semprún
The Attack / L’Attentat
France, Belgium, Lebanon, Qatar, 2013
Directed by: Ziad Doueiri (Isa: Wild Bunch, U.S.: Cohen Media Group)
The BRONTË Sisters / Les Soeurs Brontë (Isa: Gaumont, U.S.: Cohen Media Group)
Directed by: André Téchiné
Written by: André Téchiné, Jean Gruault, Pascal Bonitzer
The Dandelions / Du Vent dans mes mollets ✡
Directed By: Carine Tardieu ♀
Written By: Carine Tardieu, Raphaële Moussafir, Olivier Beer
The Fire Within / Le Feu Follet (1963) (Isa: Pyramide, U.S.: Janus Films)
Directed by: Louis Malle
Written by: Louis Malle
The Invisibles / Les Invisibles (Isa: Doc & Film, U.S. Distrib Films))
Directed By: Sébastien Lifshitz
The Man Who Laughs/ L’Homme qui rit (Isa: EuropaCorps)
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Améris
Written by: Jean-Pierre Améris , Guillaume Laurant
THÉRÈSE / Thérèse Desqueyroux (Isa: TF1, U.S.: Mpi)
Directed by: Claude Miller
Written by: Claude Miller, Natalie Carter
Three Worlds / Trois mondes (Isa: Pyramide, U.S.: Film Movement)
Directed by: Catherine Corsini ♀
Written by: Catherine Corsini, Benoît Graffin
To Our Loves / À nos amours (1983) (U.S. Janus)
Directed By: Maurice Pialat
Written By: Arlette Langmann, Maurice Pialat
True Friends / Amitiés sincères (Isa: Snd Groupe 6)
Directed By: Stéphan Archinard, François Prévôt-Leygonie
Written By: Stéphan Archinard, François Prévôt-Leygonie, Marie-Pierre Huster
Welcome To Argentina / Mariage à Mendoza (Isa: Kinology)
Directed By: Édouard Deluc
Written By: Anaïs Carpita, Édouard Deluc, Thomas Lilti, Philippe Rebbot
What’S In A Name / Le prénom (Isa: Pathe, U.S. Under The Milky Way)
Directed by: Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte
Written by: Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte
You Ain’T Seen Nothin’ Yet / Vous n’avez encore rien vu (Isa: StudioCanal, U.S.: Kino Lorber)
Directed By: Alain Resnais
Written By: Alain Resnais, Laurent Herbiet...
Award Screenings at 6:00 pm: The evening will start with the rerun of two awarded films in the Renoir and Truffaut Theaters at the DGA. Films will be announced on Sunday April 21 on the Col*Coa website, on Facebook, Twitter and on the Col•Coa info line (310) 289 5346. Free admission on a First comes First Served basis. No RSVP needed.
You can stay and also see the Closing Night Films at 8:30 pm at the DGA. Reservations needed. Those are both North American Premieres of two very anticipated French films. The thriller Moebus by Eric Rochant will show for free as will the comedy Like Brothers by Hugo Gélin.
Being among the French filmmakers (and I saw way too few of the films) gave me such a surprising sense of renewal - again because of this upcoming generation. After seeing City of Lights, the short by Pascal Tessaud which preceded the classic Jacques Demy film Bay of Angels starring a platinum blond gambling-addicted Jeanne Moreau in Cannes, Nice and Monte Carlo in 1963, we spoke at length about what is called "The New Vibe". City of Lights stars a deeply quiet young man from "les banlieus", the notorious "suburbs" surrounding Paris where the international mix of young (and old) proletariat population is invisible to the rest of France except when the anger erupts into riots. This first generation has the French education but not the money or jobs and it hurts. They have picked up the cameras and with no money are creating films which express their lives in many ways like the new Latin American filmmakers or the new Eastern European filmmakers. Tessaud gave me an entire education in the hour we talked and I will share this in time. For now, aside from his wonderfuly trenchant film which played like a feature, which captured the Paris this young generation recognizes as The City of Lights - dancing, the kitchen of a very upscale restaurant, the dreary streets filled with construction, there is another example of The New Vibe, started by Rachid Djaïdani (a story in himself) the film Hold Back (Rengaine) leads the pack of the 20-some-odd new films of The New Vibe. It is produced by Anne-Dominque Toussaint (Les Films des Tournelles) whose films are too numerous to name but include my favorite The Hedgehog which I wrote about at Col*Coa two years ago, Col*Coa's current Cycling with Moliere, 2002's Respiro and many many others. Hold Back took 9 years to make and most of the team was unpaid. The New Vibe makes films without the aid of the French system of funding; it is more guerilla-style, not New Wave, not Dogma but New Vibe. Hold Back took Cannes by storm when it showed last year in Directors Fortnight and went on to New Directors/ New Films in New York. The classic story of a Catholic and a Muslim who want to marry but whose family objects, this rendition the Juliet has a brother who marches throughout Paris to alert her 39 other brothers that she wants to marry outside her cultural and religious traditions. "This fresh debut mixes fable, plucky social commentary - particularly about France's Arab community - and inventive comic setpieces" (Col*Coa)
Hold Back (Rengaine) (Isa: Pathe) goes beyond the funny but "establishmant" film Intouchable which played here last year. It is the exact opposite of such films as Sister or even Aliyah (Isa: Rezo) which played here this year and also in Directors Fortnight last year. Aliyah is about a young French Jewish man who must make his last drug sale in order to escape his brother's destructive behavior. He escapes by immigrating to Israel. These films are made by filmmakers within the French establishment and describe a proletariat existence which exists in their bourgeois minds. They lack a certain "verite" which can only be captured by one who knows viscerally what such marginal existence is.
At the opposite end of the contemporary spectrum of films today, a real establishment film is You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet by Alain Renais (you have to be a Renais fan to love it who was so avant-garde in his day). Those old New Wave films one could see here stand out in beautiful contrast to today's New Vibe: Renais' Stavisky or the 1963 film The Fire Within (Le feu follet) by Louis Malle again starring the beautiful Jeanne Moreau. I missed them both to my regret. When I miss a film I always tell myself I can see it when it's released or on DVD or Mubi, but rarely do I get to see it. Instead I can only read about it as here written up by Beth Hanna on Indiewire blog ToH. The Fire Within was part of Wes Anderson's choices, one of the various showcases of Col*Coa. Says Hanna: "Anderson's taste is impeccable: He has selected Louis Malle's 1963 lyrical depression drama The Fire Within." It was made after the classic Elevator to the Gallows (1958) which Miles Davis scored and which also starred the young Jeanne Moreau. She also could be seen her in Col*Coa in the classic 1963 Jacques Demy-directed Bay of Angels.
Col*Coa really offered something for everyone this year. Another of my favorite film genres, the Jewish film, was represented by Aliyah and The Dandelions (Du Vent dans mes mollets) (Isa: Gaumont), Stavisky, and It Happened in St. Tropez (Isa: Pathe), a classic French comedy -- though a bit dark and yet still comedic, about romance, love and marriage switching between generations in a neurotic, comfortably wealthy Jewish family. The Dandelions was, according to my friend Debra Levine, a writer on culture including film and dance, (see her blog artsmeme), "darling, so touching, so well made, so creative ... i really liked it. Went into that rabbit hole of little girls together ... Barbie doll play. Crazy creative play. As looney as kids can be."
Ian Birnie's favorite film was Becoming Traviata. Greg Katchel's favorite originally was Rendez-vous à Kiruna by Anna Novion, but when I saw him later in the festival his favorite was Cycling with Moliere (Alceste a bicyclette) (Isa: Pathe), again produced by Anne-Dominque Toussaint and directed by Philippe Le Guay who directed one of my favorites, The Women on the 6th Floor. Greg also liked Three Worlds though it was a bit "schematic" in depicting the clash of different cultures which were also shown in Hold Back.
Of the few films I was able to see, the most interesting was Augustine by Alice Winokur. It is the French response to David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method and the British film Hysteria. All three were about the turn of the century concern of psychologists or doctors with female hysteria. This one concerned Jean-Martin Charcot and the neurologist's belief that hysteria was a neurological disease and he used hypnosis to get at its roots, whild in A Dangerous Method it was seen by Freud and Jung as a mental disorder and in Hysteria by Tanya Wexler (Tiff 2011) in which Dr. Mortimer Granville devises the invention of the first vibrator in the name of medical science.
Take a look at Indiewire's own article here for more on Los Angeles's greatest French attraction, the second largest French film festival in the world.
Several American distributors will present their films at Col•Coa before their U.S. release: Kino Lorber – You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet, co-written and directed by Alain Resnais (Focus on a Filmmaker); Mpi Media – Thérèse, the last film of director/co-writer Claude Miller starring Audrey Tautou; Cohen Media Group – In the House, written and directed by François Ozon and The Attack, co-written and directed by Ziad Doueiri; Distrib Films for two documentaries: Becoming Traviata and The Invisibles; Film Movement for two thrillers: Aliyah and Three Worlds; The Weinstein Company - Populaire.
Below you can see the international sales agents for the current features showing.
11.6 / 11.6 (Isa: Wild Bunch)
Directed by: Philippe Godeau
Written by: Philippe Godeau, Agnès De Sacy
A Few Hours Of Spring / Quelques heures de printemps (Isa: Rezo)
Directed by: Stéphane Brizé ♀
Written by: Stéphane Brizé, Florence Vignon
Cast: Vincent Lindon, Hélène Vincent, Emmanuelle Seigner, Olivier Perrier
Aliyah/Alyah ✡ (Isa: Rezo, U.S.: Film Movement
Directed by: Élie Wajeman
Written by: Élie Wajeman, Gaëlle Macé
Armed Hands / Mains armées (Isa: Films Distribution)
Directed by: Pierre Jolivet
Written by: Pierre Jolivet, Simon Michaël
Augustine / Augustine (Isa: Kinology, U.S.: Music Box)
Directed by: Alice Winocour ♀
Written by: Alice Winocour
Aya Of Yop City / Aya de Yopougon (Isa: TF1)
Directed by: Clément Oubrerie, Marguerite Abouet ♀
Written by: Marguerite Abouet
Bay Of Angels / La Baie des anges (U.S.: Criterion)
Directed by: Jacques Demy
Written by: Jacques Demy
Becoming Traviata /Traviata et nous (Isa: Films Boutique, U.S. Distrib Films and Cinema Guild)
Directed by: Philippe Béziat
Written by: Philippe Béziat
Cycling With MOLIÈRE / Alceste à bicyclette (Isa: Pathe)
Directed by: Philippe Le Guay
Written by: Philippe Le Guay, based on an original idea by Fabrice Luchini and Philippe Le Guay
Fly Me To The Moon / Un plan parfait (Isa: Kinology)
Directed By: Pascal Chaumeil
Written By: Laurent Zeitoun, Yoann Gromb, Philippe Mechelen
Haute Cuisine / Les Saveurs du palais (Isa: Wild Bunch, U.S.: The Weinstein Company)
Directed by: Christian Vincent
Written by: Etienne Comar & Christian Vincent, based on the life of Danièle Mazet-Delpeuch
Hidden Beauties / Mille-Feuille (Isa: Other Angle Pictures)
Directed by: Nouri Bouzid
Written by: Nouri Bouzid, Joumène Limam
Hold Back / Rengaine (Isa: Pathe)
Directed by: Rachid Djaïdani
Written by: Rachid Djaïdani
In The House / Dans la maison (Isa: Wild Bunch, U.S.: Cohen Media Group)
Directed by: François Ozon
Written by: François Ozon
It Happened In Saint-tropez / Des Gens qui s’embrassent (Isa: Pathe)
Directed by: Danièle Thompson ♀
Written by: Danièle Thompson, Christopher Thompson
Jappeloup/ Jappeloup (Isa: Pathe)
Directed by: Christian Duguay
Written by: Guillaume Canet
Le Grand Soir / Le grand soir (Isa: Funny Balloons)
Directed by: Benoît Delépine and Gustave de Kervern
Written by: Benoît Delépine and Gustave de Kervern
Little Lion / Comme un Lion (Isa: Pyramide)
Directed by: Samuel Collardey
Written by: Catherine Paillé, Nadège Trebal, Samuel Collardey
Moon Man / Jean de la lune (Isa: Le Pacte)
Directed By: Stephan Schesch
Written By: Stephan Schesch, Ralph Martin. Based on the book by: Tomi Ungerer
Populaire / Populaire (Isa: Wild Bunch, U.S.: TWC)
Directed By: Régis Roinsard
Written By: Régis Roinsard, Daniel Presley, Romain Compingt
Rendezvous In Kiruna / Rendez-vous à Kiruna (Isa: Pyramide)
Directed by: Anne Novion ♀
Written by: Olivier Massart, Anne Novion, Pierre Novion
Sons Of The Wind / Les Fils du vent (Isa: Wide)
Directed by: Bruno Le Jean
Written by: Bruno Le Jean
Stavisky / Stavisky (1974) (Isa: StudioCanal)
Directed by: Alain Resnais
Written by: Jorge Semprún
The Attack / L’Attentat
France, Belgium, Lebanon, Qatar, 2013
Directed by: Ziad Doueiri (Isa: Wild Bunch, U.S.: Cohen Media Group)
The BRONTË Sisters / Les Soeurs Brontë (Isa: Gaumont, U.S.: Cohen Media Group)
Directed by: André Téchiné
Written by: André Téchiné, Jean Gruault, Pascal Bonitzer
The Dandelions / Du Vent dans mes mollets ✡
Directed By: Carine Tardieu ♀
Written By: Carine Tardieu, Raphaële Moussafir, Olivier Beer
The Fire Within / Le Feu Follet (1963) (Isa: Pyramide, U.S.: Janus Films)
Directed by: Louis Malle
Written by: Louis Malle
The Invisibles / Les Invisibles (Isa: Doc & Film, U.S. Distrib Films))
Directed By: Sébastien Lifshitz
The Man Who Laughs/ L’Homme qui rit (Isa: EuropaCorps)
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Améris
Written by: Jean-Pierre Améris , Guillaume Laurant
THÉRÈSE / Thérèse Desqueyroux (Isa: TF1, U.S.: Mpi)
Directed by: Claude Miller
Written by: Claude Miller, Natalie Carter
Three Worlds / Trois mondes (Isa: Pyramide, U.S.: Film Movement)
Directed by: Catherine Corsini ♀
Written by: Catherine Corsini, Benoît Graffin
To Our Loves / À nos amours (1983) (U.S. Janus)
Directed By: Maurice Pialat
Written By: Arlette Langmann, Maurice Pialat
True Friends / Amitiés sincères (Isa: Snd Groupe 6)
Directed By: Stéphan Archinard, François Prévôt-Leygonie
Written By: Stéphan Archinard, François Prévôt-Leygonie, Marie-Pierre Huster
Welcome To Argentina / Mariage à Mendoza (Isa: Kinology)
Directed By: Édouard Deluc
Written By: Anaïs Carpita, Édouard Deluc, Thomas Lilti, Philippe Rebbot
What’S In A Name / Le prénom (Isa: Pathe, U.S. Under The Milky Way)
Directed by: Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte
Written by: Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte
You Ain’T Seen Nothin’ Yet / Vous n’avez encore rien vu (Isa: StudioCanal, U.S.: Kino Lorber)
Directed By: Alain Resnais
Written By: Alain Resnais, Laurent Herbiet...
- 4/20/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Radiation City, the Portland band that has built a buzz around their blend of electronic sounds and straightforward vocals, gives a nod to the classics in this new cover of “Fly Me to the Moon” that the band is giving away as a free mp3. This unique take on the well-known track is the latest in a line of unconventional-yet-awesome moves by Radiation City. The band recently released Ep Cool Nightmare on Usb drives attached to keys from the piano used to make the album, and it’s only a matter of time until the group finds another way to wow...
- 3/6/2013
- Pastemagazine.com
In the past few months, Canadian jazz superstar Diana Krall has handled high-profile gigs like performing “Fly Me To The Moon” at astronaut Neil Armstrong’s funeral and joining Paul McCartney on stage at the 12-12-12 Concert For Sandy Relief (right before he rocked out with the remaining members of Nirvana) with effortless grace and aplomb. But opening the Canadian leg of her tour in support of her latest album, Glad Rag Doll, in her hometown of Nanaimo, BC, is another thing entirely.
“I think I’m way more nervous about opening there than at Carnegie Hall,” Krall tells Huff Post Canada of her February 3 show at the Port Theatre. “But it’s nice because I’ll be home, you know, and I don’t remember the last time I played at home. And my dad will be there and that’s the most important thing for me.”
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“I think I’m way more nervous about opening there than at Carnegie Hall,” Krall tells Huff Post Canada of her February 3 show at the Port Theatre. “But it’s nice because I’ll be home, you know, and I don’t remember the last time I played at home. And my dad will be there and that’s the most important thing for me.”
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- 2/1/2013
- by HuffPost Music Canada
- Huffington Post
Due out in UK cinemas next month, Sammy’s Great Escape (a.k.a. Sammy’s Adventures 2) brings us the follow-up to 2010 original animated film, A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventures.
With just under a month to go before the film arrives on our shores (no pun intended), StudioCanal have released a new UK trailer, giving us a good look at the upcoming sequel.
“Sammy and Ray, leatherback turtles and friends forever, are enjoying an atoll’s water and sand, shepherding new hatchlings Ricky and Ella out to sea. Suddenly, a poacher swoops in and ships them off to be part of a spectacular aquarium show for tourists in Dubai. The kingpin of the place, Big D the seahorse, enlists them in his plans for a great escape. But with their new friends Jimbo the bug-eyed blob fish, Lulu the snippy lobster and a whole family of penguins, Sammy...
With just under a month to go before the film arrives on our shores (no pun intended), StudioCanal have released a new UK trailer, giving us a good look at the upcoming sequel.
“Sammy and Ray, leatherback turtles and friends forever, are enjoying an atoll’s water and sand, shepherding new hatchlings Ricky and Ella out to sea. Suddenly, a poacher swoops in and ships them off to be part of a spectacular aquarium show for tourists in Dubai. The kingpin of the place, Big D the seahorse, enlists them in his plans for a great escape. But with their new friends Jimbo the bug-eyed blob fish, Lulu the snippy lobster and a whole family of penguins, Sammy...
- 1/16/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Grammy Award-winning singer Rod Stewart will return to Hsn on October 26 at 8 p.m. (Est) to kick-off the holidays with the debut of his first-ever holiday CD, Merry Christmas, Baby before its official release on October 30 (Verve Music Group). From Hsn In 2010, Rod Stewart shattered Hsn music records with his exclusive debut of Fly Me To The Moon: Volume V, selling more than 25,000 units during his one-hour performance. He continues to be the largest selling music artist on Hsn. .We are thrilled to have Rod return to Hsn to launch his first holiday CD with us,. said Andy Sheldon, Evp of Television, Live Events and Creative for Hsn. .Rod knows how to engage an audience...
- 10/17/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Los Angeles — Diana Krall knows how to pay tribute to Neil Armstrong.
The jazz singer-pianist tenderly played the standard "Fly Me to the Moon" during a Saturday concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
She once was lucky enough to share a glass of wine with the first man to walk on the moon, Krall said. The astronaut died Saturday at 82.
"He's probably thinking, `Do I have to listen to that song again?'" Krall said lightly, after gazing up at the night sky from the stage of the outdoor amphitheater.
The musician, who sent her love out to Armstrong's family, also had a message for her husband, Elvis Costello.
She performed the classic tune "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," changing the lyric to "his face," then said she sang it with Costello in mind on his birthday. The rock musician turned 58 on Saturday.
"Happy birthday, EC," Krall said later...
The jazz singer-pianist tenderly played the standard "Fly Me to the Moon" during a Saturday concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
She once was lucky enough to share a glass of wine with the first man to walk on the moon, Krall said. The astronaut died Saturday at 82.
"He's probably thinking, `Do I have to listen to that song again?'" Krall said lightly, after gazing up at the night sky from the stage of the outdoor amphitheater.
The musician, who sent her love out to Armstrong's family, also had a message for her husband, Elvis Costello.
She performed the classic tune "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," changing the lyric to "his face," then said she sang it with Costello in mind on his birthday. The rock musician turned 58 on Saturday.
"Happy birthday, EC," Krall said later...
- 8/27/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
I am thrilled to be meeting with talk show host Kelly Ripa on an upcoming episode of Mondays With Marlo. Kelly will share her expertise on family life and professional success. She will cover:
Bullying Parenting tips Work/Life Balance Exercise/Nutrition Marriage/Relationships Tips for Success Live With Kelly And anything else you want to know!
Kelly Ripa is the host of the Emmy-winning syndicated morning talk show “Live! with Kelly.” Currently in her 12th year with the show, she has taken the lead on “Live” as the search for a new co-host continues.
After eleven consecutive Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Talk Show Host with former partner Regis Philbin, the duo recently was honored with their second Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host for “Live.” Also during her tenure, the show has been nominated for ten Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Talk Show, and was presented...
Bullying Parenting tips Work/Life Balance Exercise/Nutrition Marriage/Relationships Tips for Success Live With Kelly And anything else you want to know!
Kelly Ripa is the host of the Emmy-winning syndicated morning talk show “Live! with Kelly.” Currently in her 12th year with the show, she has taken the lead on “Live” as the search for a new co-host continues.
After eleven consecutive Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Talk Show Host with former partner Regis Philbin, the duo recently was honored with their second Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host for “Live.” Also during her tenure, the show has been nominated for ten Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Talk Show, and was presented...
- 7/19/2012
- by Gabrielle Linzer
- Huffington Post
July 23 this year will mark the first anniversary of the sad death of Amy Winehouse. Her father Mitch this month released a memoir titled Amy, My Daughter to tell the story of her life, with all author proceeds being donated to the Amy Winehouse Foundation. To accompany the book, Mitch has compiled a 15-track Spotify playlist which you can listen to here, and has also given Digital Spy the background for each song's inclusion. 'Fly Me to the Moon' by Frank Sinatra - Amy's favourite song as a child
"This was a very special song for Amy because she and I used to sing it together or 'duet' it when she was a child - although we never really managed to get it off pat. "When she was around two years old, and was first beginning to talk, I'd sing 'Fly me to the...', and I'd leave...
"This was a very special song for Amy because she and I used to sing it together or 'duet' it when she was a child - although we never really managed to get it off pat. "When she was around two years old, and was first beginning to talk, I'd sing 'Fly me to the...', and I'd leave...
- 7/13/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Edwin Alonzo Boyd was one of Canada’s prominent bank robbers following World War II. A splashy, glamorous war vet with a flair for theatrics, he managed to swindle several financial institutions in between two daring prison breaks, all in the name of his wife and children. And yet, the reason why this story hasn’t circulated all that much before “Citizen Gangster” is because Boyd’s story really is a whole lot like any other bank robbers'. Once you’ve seen a few of these movies, there’s not a whole lot of variation.
Scott Speedman is Boyd, a veteran-turned-working stiff who can’t seem to hold onto a job, either due to restlessness or a rough-and-tumble economy. Feeling the crunch of wife Doreen (Kelly Reilly) and their two kids, he also can’t escape his thirst for showmanship. In the first scene, he returns home with bad news banging around in his head,...
Scott Speedman is Boyd, a veteran-turned-working stiff who can’t seem to hold onto a job, either due to restlessness or a rough-and-tumble economy. Feeling the crunch of wife Doreen (Kelly Reilly) and their two kids, he also can’t escape his thirst for showmanship. In the first scene, he returns home with bad news banging around in his head,...
- 4/26/2012
- by Gabe Toro
- The Playlist
What happens to a movie studio that lives and dies by one franchise -- when that franchise is over? Well, according to Deadline, that studio gets purchased by a larger fish. To be more specific, it sure looks like Lionsgate is *this* close to signing a $700,000,000 purchase order for the whole of Summit Entertainment. Here's what that price tag includes: Twilight Twilight 2: New Moon Twilight 3: Eclipse Twilight 4a: Breaking Dawn Twilight 4b: Breaking Dawn 2 Oh, and also this stuff: 50/50 Astro Boy Bandslam The Beaver A Better Life The Brothers Bloom The Darkest Hour Drive Angry Fly Me to the Moon Furry Vengeance The Ghost Writer The Hurt Locker Knowing Letters to Juliet Man on a...
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- 1/8/2012
- by Scott Weinberg
- Movies.com
If, on January 2nd, 2011, I told you that Martin Scorsese was weighing the pros and cons of 3D for both a Frank Sinatra biopic and a period drama, you might’ve scoffed. But that scoff would have been wrongful. The success of Hugo has only vindicated his passion for the format — it even made me subside on rooting for its death — and it certainly isn’t slowing him down.
Future intentions were briefly stated during an interview with Variety, where the question of 3D’s implementation in either Sinatra or Silence was raised; Scorsese answered it simply, if a little vaguely, with “Yes. I’m considering the possibility.” Going back to comments from a month or so ago, however, one can see that plans are being made on his part. For one thing, he already expressed an intention of using it to tell Ol’ Blue Eyes’ story, while later going...
Future intentions were briefly stated during an interview with Variety, where the question of 3D’s implementation in either Sinatra or Silence was raised; Scorsese answered it simply, if a little vaguely, with “Yes. I’m considering the possibility.” Going back to comments from a month or so ago, however, one can see that plans are being made on his part. For one thing, he already expressed an intention of using it to tell Ol’ Blue Eyes’ story, while later going...
- 1/2/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
When only four percent of scripted TV shows feature Lgbt characters, what's a gay girl to do? Why, strap on your gay goggles and watch TV along with us, of course! Our handy appraisal scale is better than any old letter grade. Other sites A+. We say, "What about our lezzy-lady feelings?"
Before this recap goes any further, we all need to drop what we’re doing and watch Carson Kressly do his returning dance with his partner Anna Trebunskaya and some special guests.
It is the best thing you will see all week. Yes, including your family. God, I love Carson so much.
Seriously: I don’t care if you’re at work or in a house of worship or defusing a bomb. Watch it right this second. You owe this to yourself.
You feel better than you did before you knew such a dance existed, don’t you?...
Before this recap goes any further, we all need to drop what we’re doing and watch Carson Kressly do his returning dance with his partner Anna Trebunskaya and some special guests.
It is the best thing you will see all week. Yes, including your family. God, I love Carson so much.
Seriously: I don’t care if you’re at work or in a house of worship or defusing a bomb. Watch it right this second. You owe this to yourself.
You feel better than you did before you knew such a dance existed, don’t you?...
- 11/23/2011
- by Ali Davis
- AfterEllen.com
How do you go about upstaging the ritual presentation of the mirrorball trophy during the Dancing With the Stars‘ season finale? Try having Carson Kressley carried onto the stage by a chest-baring Chmerkovskiy brother to the tune of Madonna’s “Vogue,” then completing his performance with a self-booty-spank.
Then again, I’m not quite sure it was really possible to distract anyone from the announcement that’s been 10 weeks in the making. Here’s how it all played out:
Read TVLine’s Dancing With the Stars Performance-Night Finale Recap Here!
The first major act of the night involved the final three couples — Jr/Karina,...
Then again, I’m not quite sure it was really possible to distract anyone from the announcement that’s been 10 weeks in the making. Here’s how it all played out:
Read TVLine’s Dancing With the Stars Performance-Night Finale Recap Here!
The first major act of the night involved the final three couples — Jr/Karina,...
- 11/23/2011
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
Ricki Lake nabs the season's highest score so far with emotional rumba.
By Kelley L. Carter
Karina Smirnoff and J.R. Martinez
Photo: ABC Networks
Monday night's "Dancing With the Stars" evoked emotion from most of the contestants. The third round of performances challenged the celebrities to dance to a song of their choosing that reflected the most memorable year in their lives.
There were many moist eyes in the audience as people heard stories of tragedy and heartbreak that were close to the hearts of this year's cast. Former talk-show host Ricki Lake scored the night's highest scores, once again impressing the judges with her technique and execution.
Here's how everyone fared:
Rob Kardashian and Cheryl Burke
The reality star danced the foxtrot to Frank Sinatra's "Fly Me to the Moon" in memory of his father, O.J. Simpson attorney Robert Kardashian Sr., and the judges found it to be very emotional.
By Kelley L. Carter
Karina Smirnoff and J.R. Martinez
Photo: ABC Networks
Monday night's "Dancing With the Stars" evoked emotion from most of the contestants. The third round of performances challenged the celebrities to dance to a song of their choosing that reflected the most memorable year in their lives.
There were many moist eyes in the audience as people heard stories of tragedy and heartbreak that were close to the hearts of this year's cast. Former talk-show host Ricki Lake scored the night's highest scores, once again impressing the judges with her technique and execution.
Here's how everyone fared:
Rob Kardashian and Cheryl Burke
The reality star danced the foxtrot to Frank Sinatra's "Fly Me to the Moon" in memory of his father, O.J. Simpson attorney Robert Kardashian Sr., and the judges found it to be very emotional.
- 10/4/2011
- MTV Music News
The theme weeks begin at “Dancing with the Stars.”
Sometimes, they can be amazing (bring back Classical Week!), other times painful (the “All-American” episode tied to Patriots’ Day, a holiday celebrated primarily in host Tom Bergeron’s former Massachusetts haunt). Tonight’s event: “The Most Memorable Year of My Life,” where the celebrities dance to songs of their choice. As with last year, Story Night means a preponderance of rumbas–half of the 10 couples, to be exact. Will Chynna Phillips turn her sexy on?...
Sometimes, they can be amazing (bring back Classical Week!), other times painful (the “All-American” episode tied to Patriots’ Day, a holiday celebrated primarily in host Tom Bergeron’s former Massachusetts haunt). Tonight’s event: “The Most Memorable Year of My Life,” where the celebrities dance to songs of their choice. As with last year, Story Night means a preponderance of rumbas–half of the 10 couples, to be exact. Will Chynna Phillips turn her sexy on?...
- 10/4/2011
- by Lisa Reynolds
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Badly burned while fighting in Iraq, J.R. Martinez says there was once a time that he wanted to die. On Monday night, the soldier-turned-actor channeled all the heartache and pain from his wartime experience into a emotionally wrenching performance on Dancing with the Stars.Martinez and pro partner Karina Smirnoff did a rumba to Tim McGraw's "If You're Reading This," about wives who receive letters saying that their husbands aren't coming home from war. In the audience was his guest, teenager Jenna Bullen, who was burned over 95 percent of her body in a hot water heater accident when she was 3 years old.
- 10/4/2011
- by Mike Fleeman and Dahvi Shira
- PEOPLE.com
The third week of Dancing with the Stars saw 10 celebrities and their professional partners take the dance floor again in front of a live studio audience and panelists Bruno Tonioli, Carrie Ann Inaba and Len Goodman. This week, contestants' dances were themed around the "most memorable year" of their lives, telling stories of their personal trials and tribulations via their performances and song choice. Here's what the judges had to say about their performances: Rob Kardashian and Cheryl Burke - Foxtrot to Frank Sinatra's 'Fly Me To The Moon' Dance: Rob chooses the year that his father Robert Kardashian died as the most memorable year of his life, deciding to base his dance around the tragic event. He insists that he wants to make it fun in order to show the more light-hearted side of his father. Len thinks that he (more)...
- 10/4/2011
- by By Jennifer Still
- Digital Spy
After three episodes, The X Factor is turning out to be a little like that polarizing audition from Tiah Tolliver, the 19-year-old beauty with the cascade of bangs and tidal-wave pompadour who closed Wednesday night’s two-hour litany of tryouts from Chicago and Seattle.
In one corner, we had judge Paula Abdul crinkling her nose over Tiah’s sudden and not-exactly-welcome key changes during a cover of Shontelle’s “Impossible,” and in the other, we had Simon Cowell insisting that Tiah had true superstar potential. “I’ve got a real feeling about this girl!” he pleaded, worried Tiah’s X Factor...
In one corner, we had judge Paula Abdul crinkling her nose over Tiah’s sudden and not-exactly-welcome key changes during a cover of Shontelle’s “Impossible,” and in the other, we had Simon Cowell insisting that Tiah had true superstar potential. “I’ve got a real feeling about this girl!” he pleaded, worried Tiah’s X Factor...
- 9/29/2011
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
Fox
“If you can’t see this, you’re deaf.” –Simon Cowell
If “American Idol” added a bright red X to the stage and locked Ryan Seacrest out of the studio there would be no telling the difference between the reality music competition and “The X Factor.” Well, except there’s fewer laughs during the audition process.
Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul are back to the bickering and other antics made popular at the beginning of “American Idol” but this...
“If you can’t see this, you’re deaf.” –Simon Cowell
If “American Idol” added a bright red X to the stage and locked Ryan Seacrest out of the studio there would be no telling the difference between the reality music competition and “The X Factor.” Well, except there’s fewer laughs during the audition process.
Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul are back to the bickering and other antics made popular at the beginning of “American Idol” but this...
- 9/29/2011
- by Lyneka Little
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
If I'm even half as spry and debonair as Tony Bennett when I'm 85 years old, I'll be a happy man.
The American icon outdid himself Sunday night in New York City, coasting through renditions of "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," "The Good Life," and a moving a cappella version of "Fly Me To The Moon," which he sang alone, sans microphone, to cap off the night.
The showman -- whose new album, Duets II, is already number one in 10 countries and was released today in the U.S. -- strutted onto the grand Metropolitan Opera House stage for his birthday concert, where Robert De Niro, Katie Couric, Mitch Winehouse, both Hilary and Bill Clinton, and Whoopi Goldberg were among the guests.
President Clinton provided a surprise introduction to the show, praising Bennett's singularity in the music business, and even giving a shout out to his painting skills. You...
The American icon outdid himself Sunday night in New York City, coasting through renditions of "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," "The Good Life," and a moving a cappella version of "Fly Me To The Moon," which he sang alone, sans microphone, to cap off the night.
The showman -- whose new album, Duets II, is already number one in 10 countries and was released today in the U.S. -- strutted onto the grand Metropolitan Opera House stage for his birthday concert, where Robert De Niro, Katie Couric, Mitch Winehouse, both Hilary and Bill Clinton, and Whoopi Goldberg were among the guests.
President Clinton provided a surprise introduction to the show, praising Bennett's singularity in the music business, and even giving a shout out to his painting skills. You...
- 9/20/2011
- by Lucas Kavner
- Huffington Post
" America's Got Talent " crowned its season 6 champion Wednesday night. The prize: $1 million and a headlining act in Las Vegas. It's somewhat fitting that Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. won. The carwasher-turned-singer won over the audience with hits like Frank Sinatra 's classic " Fly Me to the Moon ." Like Sinatra, Murphy will make lots of fans, and money, on the Vegas Strip. Watch his winning moment below: Fan favorites Team iLuminate finished a surprising third. The innovative act combined dancing with light shows, and there was an audible gasp in the audience when their placement was read. Second place went to another dance troupe -- The Silhouettes -- whose talent is that they perform in shadows. Fourth went to pop group PopLyfe , who struggled in their final performance. The highlight of the evening came from an encore performance from 11-year-old opera singer Jackie Evancho , who delivered a dazzling performance of Nessun Dorma...
- 9/15/2011
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
Mumbai, Aug 19: It was a rocking end to the second day of the Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2011 as Narendra Kumar's show opened to a live singing trio, which made the audience sway to the foot-tapping music of Frank Sinatra as the collection was inspired by the American singer's chart topper 'Fly me to the moon'.
'Men should have all the fun. Today men have money and style and they like dressing up. So this collection is for them,' Narendra Kumar told reporters after the show.
Actor Kabir Bedi was the showstopper for the show. He looked handsome in a white brocade tuxedo and mandarin collar pleated shirt.
'Men should have all the fun. Today men have money and style and they like dressing up. So this collection is for them,' Narendra Kumar told reporters after the show.
Actor Kabir Bedi was the showstopper for the show. He looked handsome in a white brocade tuxedo and mandarin collar pleated shirt.
- 8/18/2011
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
One of the more interesting tidbits from Fox day at the Television Critics' Association press day was the news from president Kevin Reilly that all-around talent Seth MacFarlane, creator of the animated series "Family Guy," "American Dad!," and "The Cleveland Show," will use his honeydripper voice in a reboot of the Carl Sagan "Cosmos" series. MacFarlane is a total package - scathingly funny, smart, photogenic and hard working. His side career as a singer, celebrating the classic standards of American music, is showcased on his upcoming "Music Is Better Than Words," an album of "hidden gems" from the Great American Songbook. Now, the man who can sing Sinatra's "Fly Me To The Moon" will take Fox viewers deep into...
- 8/7/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Getty Tony Bennett in concert in Las Vegas last month.
Tony Bennett turned 85 yesterday and he is sweeter than ever. But take a peek at his hands on the cover of my biography of him, “All the Things You Are.” You will be surprised to find that such an avuncular, honey of a guy has the huge, powerful hands of a boxer.
After he had avoided me during the two years I wrote the book, I ran into Tony in...
Tony Bennett turned 85 yesterday and he is sweeter than ever. But take a peek at his hands on the cover of my biography of him, “All the Things You Are.” You will be surprised to find that such an avuncular, honey of a guy has the huge, powerful hands of a boxer.
After he had avoided me during the two years I wrote the book, I ran into Tony in...
- 8/4/2011
- by David Evanier
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
NBC
After last week’s “America’s Got Talent” performances failed to consistently impress the judges, expectations were high for the next group of 12 performers hoping to win that $1 million prize. As the show opened, host Nick Cannon said excitedly, “We are live in Hollywood and we’re ready to rock!” Whether or not the performer would remained to be seen.
The Summerwind Skippers were first. The Boise, Idaho sextet brought their trademark jump-roping to Hollywood, and throttled through a...
After last week’s “America’s Got Talent” performances failed to consistently impress the judges, expectations were high for the next group of 12 performers hoping to win that $1 million prize. As the show opened, host Nick Cannon said excitedly, “We are live in Hollywood and we’re ready to rock!” Whether or not the performer would remained to be seen.
The Summerwind Skippers were first. The Boise, Idaho sextet brought their trademark jump-roping to Hollywood, and throttled through a...
- 7/27/2011
- by Todd Gilchrist
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
For the third quarterfinal group on "America's Got Talent," we have Poplyfe and Lys Agnes, who I am very much looking forward to, and Professor Splash and that Mauricio guy, who I am not so much looking forward to.
1. Summerwind Skippers
This is a neat act, but it doesn't scream Vegas show to me. Their first live show is much better than what they've done before, but it's still just a jump-rope act. It's a very good jump-rope act, but ... still. I do think these guys beat the hell out of every dance group on the show except maybe Miami All-Stars. They still might deserve to advance, though, based on how the other acts do. The judges are complimentary.
2. Sh'Boss Boys
Ok, it's not even fair to critique these lil' buggers because they're so damn cute I want to kidnap them. I shall put them in the house where I...
1. Summerwind Skippers
This is a neat act, but it doesn't scream Vegas show to me. Their first live show is much better than what they've done before, but it's still just a jump-rope act. It's a very good jump-rope act, but ... still. I do think these guys beat the hell out of every dance group on the show except maybe Miami All-Stars. They still might deserve to advance, though, based on how the other acts do. The judges are complimentary.
2. Sh'Boss Boys
Ok, it's not even fair to critique these lil' buggers because they're so damn cute I want to kidnap them. I shall put them in the house where I...
- 7/27/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Adam Rose/Fox Cat Deeley hosts “So You Think You Can Dance.”
Overall tonight, the judges talked a lot about Improvement. Probably because that was the rationale for keeping Ryan. They also talk a lot about the choreography. And emotional portrayal of character. Although the show is not supposed to be So We Think You Have Potential, or So You Think You Can Choreograph, or So You Think You Can Emote. There were four judges tonight instead of just three,...
Overall tonight, the judges talked a lot about Improvement. Probably because that was the rationale for keeping Ryan. They also talk a lot about the choreography. And emotional portrayal of character. Although the show is not supposed to be So We Think You Have Potential, or So You Think You Can Choreograph, or So You Think You Can Emote. There were four judges tonight instead of just three,...
- 6/30/2011
- by Gwen Orel
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
As Kung Fu Panda 2 kicks off the children's film season – and with The Smurfs lurking at the other end – just try to remember the excitement of your first cinema trip
I doubt many people reading this will need reminding, but in mid-summer the average British cinema can be a uniquely loud and grotesquely sticky place. In the thick of the horror, however, something vital will be happening – the wonder of untold children having their first experience of the big screen. Remember this, should you be accompanying one to the movies in the weeks ahead, and hold it close to your psyche as you grind your teeth through Cars 2, Spy Kids 4 or, lurking at the end of the holidays like a dumpy blue Manson family, The Smurfs.
Although for the moment the schools remain in, the kids' film season has its de facto opening today with the release of Kung Fu Panda 2,...
I doubt many people reading this will need reminding, but in mid-summer the average British cinema can be a uniquely loud and grotesquely sticky place. In the thick of the horror, however, something vital will be happening – the wonder of untold children having their first experience of the big screen. Remember this, should you be accompanying one to the movies in the weeks ahead, and hold it close to your psyche as you grind your teeth through Cars 2, Spy Kids 4 or, lurking at the end of the holidays like a dumpy blue Manson family, The Smurfs.
Although for the moment the schools remain in, the kids' film season has its de facto opening today with the release of Kung Fu Panda 2,...
- 6/10/2011
- by Danny Leigh
- The Guardian - Film News
The Three Stooges
Craig Bierko has been cast in the Farrellys-directed comedy "The Three Stooges" for 20th Century Fox. The actor will play one of the heavies trying to exploit the Stooges.
Meanwhile, Chris Diamantopoulos has properly signed on to play Moe. Shooting kicks off this month. [Source: Deadline]
21 and Over
Miles Teller ("Rabbit Hole") is in early negotiations to star in the comedy "21 and Over" for Mandeville Films and Relativity Media.
"The Hangover" scribes Jon Lucas and Scott Moore are writing and directing the story of two childhood friends who drag their straight-arrow buddy out to celebrate his 21st birthday the night before an all-important med school interview.
The evening spirals into an epic misadventure of debauchery and mayhem. [Source: Variety]
Very Good Girls
Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Olsen, Peter Sarsgaard, Dustin Hoffman and Sissy Spacek will star in Naomi Foner's coming of age romancer "Very Good Girls" for Ealing Metro International and Prescience.
Craig Bierko has been cast in the Farrellys-directed comedy "The Three Stooges" for 20th Century Fox. The actor will play one of the heavies trying to exploit the Stooges.
Meanwhile, Chris Diamantopoulos has properly signed on to play Moe. Shooting kicks off this month. [Source: Deadline]
21 and Over
Miles Teller ("Rabbit Hole") is in early negotiations to star in the comedy "21 and Over" for Mandeville Films and Relativity Media.
"The Hangover" scribes Jon Lucas and Scott Moore are writing and directing the story of two childhood friends who drag their straight-arrow buddy out to celebrate his 21st birthday the night before an all-important med school interview.
The evening spirals into an epic misadventure of debauchery and mayhem. [Source: Variety]
Very Good Girls
Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Olsen, Peter Sarsgaard, Dustin Hoffman and Sissy Spacek will star in Naomi Foner's coming of age romancer "Very Good Girls" for Ealing Metro International and Prescience.
- 5/13/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Bridget Jones's Diary helmer Sharon Maguire has signed on with Scott Free to direct her scripted adaptation of Fly Me To The Moon, based on the Alyson Noel novel. The book takes a Bridget Jones-like approach to the misadventures of a young flight attendant looking for sex, love and hopefully the chance to find herself, in the bustling world of international travel. Giannina Facio is producing for Scott Free, and Ridley and Tony Scott are exec producing.
- 4/14/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
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