Here is the final one sheet for the Halloween tradition for the past 5 years, Saw V. Like many of you know the film will open Friday, October 24
In the fifth installment of the SAW franchise, Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, Hoffman must go on the hunt to eliminate all loose ends.
Welcome to world of movie business. Since Warner Bros announced that it was moving Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to 2009, Hollywood Studios are scrambling around trying to take advantage of the opportunity. Now the turn was for 20th Century Fox and the release of the anticipated film Australia from November 16 to November 26.
“Recent shifts in the release dates of other pictures created an opportunity for us to move AUSTRALIA to November 26, which is a big win for us and for this amazing film,” said Bruce Snyder, Fox’s President of Domestic Distribution. “It’s only a 12-day move, but the new date is an ‘event’ weekend – one of the busiest movie going periods of the year – and one truly befitting this Baz Luhrmann motion picture event.”
AUSTRALIA is an epic and romantic action adventure, set in that country on the explosive brink of World War II. In it, an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) travels to the faraway continent, where she meets a rough-hewn local (Hugh Jackman) and reluctantly agrees to join forces with him to save the land she inherited. Together, they embark upon a transforming journey across hundreds of miles of the world’s most beautiful yet unforgiving terrain, only to still face the bombing of the city of Darwin by the Japanese forces that attacked Pearl Harbor. With his new film, Baz Luhrmann is painting on a vast canvas, creating a cinematic experience that brings together romance, drama, adventure and spectacle.
Here is the new one sheet for the movie “The Lucky Ones”. The film is directed by Neil Burger (The Illusionist), starring Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins and Michael Peña. This film is an Official Selection of the Toronto International Film Festival, 2008. Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions will release THE LUCKY ONES on Friday, September 26
When three very different U.S. soldiers find themselves on an unplanned road trip across America, they form a deep bond that may be the closest thing any of them has to real family. A humorous and timely drama about coming home.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Marvel Studios will be bringing The Incredible Hulk to DVD and Blu-ray this coming October 21, 2008. This release will be available in three versions: a three-disc Special Edition DVD available for a limited time only; a two-disc Blu-ray release, offered in collectible 3D lenticular packaging for a limited time only; and a single-disc DVD edition.
Both the Special Edition DVD and Blu-ray releases include over two hours of bonus extras, including an exclusive, never-before-seen alternate opening and a digital copy of the film that is iPod, PC or MAC compatible. The two-disc Blu-ray set, offering the perfect picture and purest digital sound, will also include all-new, interactive features including My Chat, an innovative application that allows viewers to communicate with friends and family while watching the film for a fully immersive, exclusive experience.
Synopsis
“First, there was the rousing Iron Man. Now Marvel Entertainment brings the equally exhilarating The Incredible Hulk.” (Vince Horiuchi, The Salt Lake Tribune )
Academy Award® nominee* Edward Norton stars as scientist Bruce Banner, a man who has been living in shadows, scouring the planet for an antidote to the unbridled force of rage within him: the Hulk. But when the military masterminds who dream of exploiting his powers force him back to civilization, he finds himself coming face to face with his most formidable foe: the Abomination – a nightmarish beast of pure aggression whose powers match the Hulk’s own!
Also starring Liv Tyler, Oscar® nominee† Tim Roth, and Oscar® winner** William Hurt, The Incredible Hulk is “steeped in action and spectacular special effects” (Claudia Puig, USA TODAY) and delivers a mind-blowing final showdown that can only be summed up with one word…INCREDIBLE!
Some of you may wonder if Don Cheadle can carry a movie like this as the main star. He plays Samir, a man born in Sudan with a past that drives his future. I’ve enjoyed all his work. I believe he is a talented, underrated actor. Heck, I even enjoyed those NFL commercials he did once upon a time. So if you ask me, yes he did carry the movie quite well. It’s no Oscar winning performance, but he did a compelling job. The storyline, though, helped him a lot. Many times it’s the actor that makes the movie but in this case the story helps the actor make the movie. The story of this film captures your attention as much as Don’s performance. Don wasn’t alone either. Guy Pearce as FBI agent Roy Clayton and Saïd Taghmaoui as Omar, Samir’s recruiter, both deliver sharp performances. Jeff Daniels as CIA contractor Carter and Neal McDonough as Roy’s partner are solid as usual with their small but meaningful supporting roles. The dialogue was right on too. Even with the use of a lot of foreign language in the film, it doesn’t lose you. It is not too elevated and not boring either. It’s at just the right down to earth level that helps keep you involved in the film. If there is one thing I’ve learned somewhat recently it’s that many movie goers are turned off by hand held camera work or what I like to call the “dizzy camera”. This became more apparent to me after reading comments for movies such as Bourne Ultimatum, The Kingdom, and Cloverfield (especially Cloverfield). For some reason it just doesn’t affect me as much; on the contrary, I enjoy it because it gives me more sense of realism as if I were there and taking part of the action. But because I know it bothers many of you I will have to warn you that this movie uses that technique for some scenes. I don’t think it was as bad or as much as the other movies I mentioned, but I figured I should warn you.
Writer/Director Jeffrey Nachmanoff might be best attributed as a writer for The Day After Tomorrow. With only a couple of works under his belt in both the writing and directing categories, kudos to him for this well made piece. This film is truly insightful. As I watched this movie, for some reason the movie Rendition kept popping in my head. The stories are different but the subject matter is similar. If you saw that one and liked it, this one is even better. This movie makes a good connection between summer time action and dramas of the fall.
Review By Cine Marcos
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Before Tim Burton made the movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas” it was first written as a poem. What he didn’t know that his poem would end up to be one of the most beloved animated movies of all times. “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas” is without a doubt his best animated creations, and it has all of Burton’s signature skill dark and mysterious characters as well as its environments and music. It success has been so great that it has been re-release in theaters in different occasions with an excellent response from the audience. It’s characters have become icons appearing in different media such as video games, clothing stores, and all kinds of accessories. Although the movie is about fifteen years old the thrill behind it hasn’t disappeared. Every time I watch it, I can’t help not to be overwhelmed by its originality and inventiveness.
For those of you who haven’t seen the movie it begins in a place named Halloween Town which population consist of ghost, goblins, witches, skeletons, vampires and my favorite the boogie man. They are all in charge of Halloween and their whole purpose is to make sure each year is more horrifying than before. They are very good at it but there is one character who feels and emptiness inside of his bones, Jack Skellington the pumpkin king and the most terrifying creature in town. He’s the MVP of Halloween Town: he’s the one who scares the most. None the least Jack thinks more of himself than just scary face but also he wants to try a new experience. Fortunately, he finds out about Christmas Town and all its joy. He decides and convince the town to do Christmas instead of Halloween. The town is delighted about Jack’s new decision and go forth with his creation but in their own style. Just when Jack think all is well it still turns out to be a nightmare after all and it’s up to Sally and Sandy Claws to save the night.
There’s only one word that I can say that will describe this movie: Brilliant. It’s perfect in everyway from the visual to the sound effects. Not to mention the music in the movie touches the audience heart while squeezing some laughs in the process. The characters are ingeniously designed , all of them have different personality like Sally. Sally is more of a nice, sweet, and lonely girl who tries to help understand Jack but he keeps ignoring her feels. The Boogie Man is nothing more but a gambling man who gambles on what he will do when he captures Sally and Sandy Claws. The voices of the characters are appropriate by each actor. They did an outstanding jobs impersonating their characters and the setting for the movie is superb. It has a dark atmosphere behind the story and influence the character .
The DVD is a two disc movie and just by looking at the cover its awesome to add to your home collection of movies. The DVD has a sleek look to it with a picture of Jack in the center of it. It makes you think theirs a doll of Jack on the outside of it. The video is digitally restored and brilliantly remastered with state of the art technology. The movie is more darker and more ghastly as the original. I wouldn’t recommend this movie to little kids because it may be too frightening for them to watch but more for kids around the third or forth grade. The Nightmare Before Christmas is without a doubt one of my favorite movies and it has the double advantage: you could see it in October or December and you will not feel out of place. It will bring out the child in you.
Review By Dee
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Release Date: August 26, 2008 BUY DVD
In this series, we catch up with our heroes and villains 4 months after the heroes save the world. We catch up with Peter Petrelli who now has amnesia and has no idea who he is or what has happened, and he begins to realize what he can do. Our favorite cheerleader Claire is now hiding after changing her name and moving to a different city and school , all to protect her family and herself from The Company, who after learning of her abilities in Season one, would love nothing more than to exploit her and examine her. She has to hide her extraordinary abilities by being very average and normal, so as not to attract attention, meanwhile she begins to experiment with her abilities in secret. Hiro now finds himself in the past with his hero Takezo Kensei, learning that the stories he always heard about him are less than truthful, but determined to make him the hero he’s always heard about in his fathers stories, he begins to shadow him and help him accomplish his deeds whenever possible, so that the past may be preserved, and finds that Takezo Kensei has abilities of his own. Syler, our villian finds himself in the middle of nowhere, recovering from the sword wound he obtained in the season one finale, and having no abilities, begins a bloody quest in attempt to recover what he has lost, leaving many dead along the way , true to his villainous nature. there are also new heros such as West, Claires new love interest who’s ability is flying and ironically detests the man with the horned rimed glasses, who kidnapped him long ago and of course is Claires father. We also meet Maya and Alejandro, siblings who meet Sylar along their quest to find Dr. Suresh, and find their fates intertwined with his, not knowing how evil he is. Maya brings death with her tears, while only her brother can absorb her anger and undo the death she brings about, but she feels a kinship with Sylar because of her ability, not realizing that he brings death for enjoyment while she does it with no malice, she just has no control. We also catch up with Micah, and meet his cousin who has copycat abilities where she can mimic actions just by watching them. WE meet all kinds of new heroes and villains along with seeing our old favorites fates unfold and their abilities begin to develop even further, but there is a virus that threatens both our beloved heroes and villains alike, first it takes their abilities then their live, and it first targets only the ones with the abilities, but they soon find out that a mutation of the virus will wipe out most of the worlds population if they don’t stop it. Can the heroes find out in time how to stop the virus or are they facing another end of the world scenario once again?
You should definitely add this box set to your collection and find out if our Heroes can save the world once again. You’ll love the way the characters develops, how there is good and bad in each of our heroes, how they learn to control and appreciate their abilities. You really begin to root for the heroes and become absorbed in their trial and tribulations, their joys, and triumphs as well as their tears and failures. You’ll laugh and cry with them, but ultimately you will become a fan in the truest sense of the word.. I know I am, and you know exactly where you can find me on Sept 22.
Review By Helen
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In “Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?” Morgan’s girlfriend, Alexandra Jamieson, is pregnant. Morgan’s soon to be born child begins to steer up anxiety about all the dangerous of the world. Morgan decides he has to do something about it. Determine to make the world a safer place, he decides to find the most dangerous man on earth: Osama Bin Laden. Morgan heads off to train and is soon traveling the globe trying to locate the whereabouts of Osama.
Morgan uses the premise of trying to find Osama, to answer some of the questions with the conflict between America and the Middle East. The problem is the Morgan doesn’t cover any new ground here. Everything he discusses has been debated to death before. Moreover, Morgan’s wise guy character from “Super Size Me” is still very much in effect. The problem here is that it seems forced. Add to this the odd special effects that only help distract the viewer.
The only thing that could have save the movie was if Morgan had found Osama. I think he was tempted, at the end, to enter the tribe land in Pakistan. I rather he not had shown us the last scene and just say he couldn’t find Osama than what he actually did. It almost as though he quits. Overall, for those who know little about Osama and the conflict in the Middle East this film might actually be a good staring point, but beware of the odd special effects and Morgan’s anticlimactic finale.
Review by Milton Brayson
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Release Date: August 26, 2008
This upcoming September 9, 2008, Warner Home Entertainment will be releasing the 1967 classic “Cool Hand Luke” staring Paul Newman. The Deluxe Edition will be avaliable in both formats Standard and Blu-ray. Newly remastered, the film includes a set of all new featurettes, including “The Making of Cool Hand Luke,” a profile of novelist, co-screenwriter and the real “Cool Hand Luke” Donn Pearce, and Luke, a poetic documentary showing one day of film production on a country road near Stockton, California.
The was nominated for four Academy Awards in 1968 – for Best Music Score, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Supporting Actor categories,with co-star George Kennedy winning a Best Supporting Actor
Synopsis: Newman, who was Oscar-nominated for Best actor for his role, gives one of the most powerful performances of his career as Lucas ?Luke? Jackson, a cool, gutsy prisoner in a Southern chain gang, who refuses to buckle under to authority, while repeatedly escaping and being recaptured. The prisoners admire Luke because of his gumption but the head of the gang hates him and tries to break him by beating him often. Ultimately Luke gains the respect of all the convicts but with each escape and return he is subjected to more and more harsh punishments by the sadistic guards. This film is considered one of the most important of the ?60s, a decade in which the theme of protest against the establishment was being played out daily in real-life events.
Next Tuesday August 26, 2008, Paramount Home Entertainment will be releasing the independent film comedy “Son of Rambow” on DVD. The film was written and directed by Garth Jennings and was part of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, receiving acceptable reviews by the critics. The surprise with this DVD release is that it will only available for sale in the United States at Best Buy. It is hard to understand why and independent film will only available for sale at only one store. If you live in Canada, you will be able to buy this title anywhere. This title will not be available on Blu-Ray in the US.
Film Review:
Where do they get these kids from? You’ve heard me say it a thousand times and I will continue to do so because I am in awe of the kinds of performances turned in by these children that I have had the privilege to witness. Here we have another example of a movie with such performances. I mean some of these kids perform as good if not better than many adult movie stars. It is really impressive. Will Poulter takes the lead as Lee Carter, a bully, bad influence, delinquent who can be your dedicated best friend. Yeah, interesting contrast. He is the primary cameraman as well as co-director and co-imagineer of the movie being made within this movie. He was convincing, genuine, and razor-tongued. His best friend turns out to be an unlikely candidate, Will Proudfoot played by Bill Milner. Where Lee is the realist, Will is the surrealist. Will is also a co-director and co-imagineer, and what an imagination. He is quite the artist and he complements Lee in just the right way. Bill’s performance is also strong as he plays this character who is tormented by the desire to express himself freely which contradicts his extreme religious upbringing which limits his connection to the world around him. For example, it is forbidden for him to watch TV. His chance encounter with Lee, and a bootleg copy of First Blood (Rambo), sets him off on a physical and imaginative energy high that drives him to get this movie done for real as well as be the lead character in it. Lee can’t help but be enchanted by Will’s determination and they become good friends indeed. Another noteworthy performance is that of Jules Sitruk as Didier Revol, an eccentric French exchange student who oozes popularity and fashion style (remember, this film is set in the 80s so you can imagine the fashion style). It is only natural that he would want to be part of this movie production, in front of the camera of course. Jules does a great job with this larger than life character who in turn contributes greatly to the comedy of this picture.
Although the movie isn’t super great, it is very enjoyable. It is a feel good movie that will make you laugh, reflect, and cheer. If nothing else, these kids will win your heart over, even the bully, Lee. In addition, the storyline is not as basic as you might think. There is a decent amount of twists that might alter your predictions. The cinematography might also seem simple, but it is turned into something magical when seen through the eyes of these kids. The school, the homes, the vast fields, the bodies of water, and even an abandoned nuclear power plant lend themselves for a child’s imagination to run free. Some parents might be a little turned off by the more controversial aspects of this film. These characters can’t be more than 13 or 14 years old at the most, and there is smoking, criminal activity, disrespect for adult figures, lying, and strong language. Be warned. Some of this was really not necessary but I still got to hand it to Writer/Director Garth Jennings (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) for tapping into the talent of these young professionals. It is definitely worth the watch but whether it should be theater or at home on DVD . . . it’s a toss up.
Film Review By Cine Marcos
SPECIAL FEATURES:
The SON OF RAMBOW DVD includes commentary by director Garth Jennings (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), producer Nick Goldsmith and cast members Bill Milner and Will Poulter, Garth’s short film “Aron”, which was the inspiration for SON OF RAMBOW and “Boys Will Be Boys: The Making of SON OF RAMBOW”. The DVD also includes the winning entry from the SON OF RAMBOW short film contest, which launched during the film’s theatrical run on SonOfRambow.com and challenged filmmakers to create their own short film. The competition was judged by Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith, who selected the winner.
