With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Closet Monster (Stephen Dunn)
Writer/director Stephen Dunn’s feature debut Closet Monster cares little about convention to tell the story of Oscar Madly (Connor Jessup) growing up with a psychological revulsion to his sexual urges, all thanks to an extremely disturbing event witnessed as a child. This prologue glimpse at his youth (played by Jack Fulton) is a mash-up of tough coming-of-age-dramatics and a dark-edged imaginative whimsy that intrigues to draw you closer.
Closet Monster (Stephen Dunn)
Writer/director Stephen Dunn’s feature debut Closet Monster cares little about convention to tell the story of Oscar Madly (Connor Jessup) growing up with a psychological revulsion to his sexual urges, all thanks to an extremely disturbing event witnessed as a child. This prologue glimpse at his youth (played by Jack Fulton) is a mash-up of tough coming-of-age-dramatics and a dark-edged imaginative whimsy that intrigues to draw you closer.
- 1/20/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Welcome back to This Week In Discs! If you see something you like, click on the title to buy it from Amazon. Camp X-Ray Amy Cole (Kristen Stewart) left her small town behind and joined the U.S. Army, but her first assignment isn’t quite the heroic, globe-spanning endeavor she imagined. She’s assigned to a guard position at Guantanamo Bay where she comes face to face with the enemy, but some of the men she sees before her seem far removed from the bloodthirsty Muslim terrorists they’re supposed to be. Cole strikes up a friendship with one man in particular, Ali (Peyman Moaadi), and over the course of a year the two discover the world of grey between them in this supposedly black and white conflict. Writer/director Peter Sattler’s film walks a fine line in allowing its characters to tread both sides of the moral divide without claiming a political stance. Cole...
- 6/2/2015
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Since her rapid ascent to fame as The Twilight Saga's leading lady, Kristen Stewart has had something of a rough time when it comes to her professional and public life. It's bad enough having the latter combed over in fine detail, but when your talent is called into question, that must sting all the more.
But here's the thing about Kristen Stewart. She isn't a bad actress in the slightest. In fact, right now she's on the kind of under-the-radar hot streak that suggests she's destined for real career longevity. Twilight, now receding into the cultural distance, was never the finest example of a franchise that fostered great acting work, and Stewart suffered as audiences naturally connected her with sullen on-screen alter-ego Bella Swan.
Over the last 18 months Stewart's big screen work has seen her take on a trio of diverse roles that have smartly distanced her from anything vampire-related.
But here's the thing about Kristen Stewart. She isn't a bad actress in the slightest. In fact, right now she's on the kind of under-the-radar hot streak that suggests she's destined for real career longevity. Twilight, now receding into the cultural distance, was never the finest example of a franchise that fostered great acting work, and Stewart suffered as audiences naturally connected her with sullen on-screen alter-ego Bella Swan.
Over the last 18 months Stewart's big screen work has seen her take on a trio of diverse roles that have smartly distanced her from anything vampire-related.
- 5/10/2015
- Digital Spy
A lean and mean essay on human bondage, a minimalist examination of living life to the least.Peter Sattler’s directorial debut is as bare and exposed as a prisoner in a cell. A stripped down film about warehousing human beings and waiting for the next step. The next step for the inmate is release, and it may come sooner than the next step for the jailer. In the meantime the guards become the guarded and sometimes the prisoners have more freedom. At least so it seems.Kristen Stewart plays Pfc Amy Cole, a desperate twenty-something who joined the Army to escape the […]...
- 11/13/2014
- by Ron Wilkinson
- Monsters and Critics
Camp X-Ray
Written and directed by Peter Sattler
USA, 2014
Director Peter Sattler leads us down the path of purported empathy and compassion in his debut film, Camp X-Ray, only to come up short in depicting the relationship between a female soldier assigned to Guantanamo Bay and a man she befriends who has been imprisoned there for eight years. Though the film is designed as a well-intentioned study of post-9/11 humanism between an unlikely pair, Sattler’s film mostly stays afloat not due to its forced and transparent dramatic structure, but strictly due to its two wonderful lead performances. It doesn’t take long to predict how this sort of film will resolve itself, and sure enough, Camp X-Ray refuses to take the road less traveled, resulting in a calibrated and phony act of tenderness that seems way too workshopped to consider taking serious.
Pvt. Amy Cole (Kristen Stewart) is new...
Written and directed by Peter Sattler
USA, 2014
Director Peter Sattler leads us down the path of purported empathy and compassion in his debut film, Camp X-Ray, only to come up short in depicting the relationship between a female soldier assigned to Guantanamo Bay and a man she befriends who has been imprisoned there for eight years. Though the film is designed as a well-intentioned study of post-9/11 humanism between an unlikely pair, Sattler’s film mostly stays afloat not due to its forced and transparent dramatic structure, but strictly due to its two wonderful lead performances. It doesn’t take long to predict how this sort of film will resolve itself, and sure enough, Camp X-Ray refuses to take the road less traveled, resulting in a calibrated and phony act of tenderness that seems way too workshopped to consider taking serious.
Pvt. Amy Cole (Kristen Stewart) is new...
- 10/29/2014
- by Ty Landis
- SoundOnSight
Kristen Stewart has revealed that she is taking a break from acting.
The Twilight actress, whose movie Camp X-Ray is currently touring film festivals, told USA Today she has been working solidly "for two years".
"I'm taking some time off because I've been working for two years," she explained.
"I'm an actor and that's my art form, and because I started that so young, I've always felt intimidated and insufficient when I think about other forms of art I want to create. I'm going to take so much time off.
"I'm going to buy a live-work space in downtown La and I'm going to make some [stuff] with my hands. Literally, I made that decision a few weeks ago.
"I'm making a short film. I'm making a bunch of [stuff]. I don't know how I'll put it out. But I'm not going to hold it so preciously close to me. I write all the time.
The Twilight actress, whose movie Camp X-Ray is currently touring film festivals, told USA Today she has been working solidly "for two years".
"I'm taking some time off because I've been working for two years," she explained.
"I'm an actor and that's my art form, and because I started that so young, I've always felt intimidated and insufficient when I think about other forms of art I want to create. I'm going to take so much time off.
"I'm going to buy a live-work space in downtown La and I'm going to make some [stuff] with my hands. Literally, I made that decision a few weeks ago.
"I'm making a short film. I'm making a bunch of [stuff]. I don't know how I'll put it out. But I'm not going to hold it so preciously close to me. I write all the time.
- 10/23/2014
- Digital Spy
Of all the contentious issues that have plagued Barack Obama in his two terms as U.S. President, and there have been many, perhaps none are more simplistic and complicated in equal measure than the question of what to do with the detainee camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A facility that’s outlived its usefulness but remains politically sensitive for the implications of shutting it down, it still sits on the south-eastern shore of Cuba, with 149 men in custody, 76 of whom will never leave.
Camp X-Ray, the feature film debut of Peter Sattler, doesn’t offer an answer to that burning question, and even though the crux of the film is to unnecessarily remind us that Guantanamo’s detainees are people, too, it must be said that Camp X-Ray without a doubt a very well-acted and compelling reminder.
The story is a fictionalized account of life inside “Gitmo,” as a...
Camp X-Ray, the feature film debut of Peter Sattler, doesn’t offer an answer to that burning question, and even though the crux of the film is to unnecessarily remind us that Guantanamo’s detainees are people, too, it must be said that Camp X-Ray without a doubt a very well-acted and compelling reminder.
The story is a fictionalized account of life inside “Gitmo,” as a...
- 10/18/2014
- by Adam A. Donaldson
- We Got This Covered
Kristen Stewart has long been maligned for her seemingly unshakeable performance tics – the hair-playing, the lip-biting, the huffy breathing – and despite being gifted with a compelling character in Peter Sattler’s ambitious Camp X-Ray, Stewart simply can’t kick her bad habits in service to a good performance. Sattler’s debut feature is set at Guantanamo Bay, requiring Stewart to play a young U.S. soldier who finds her worldview forever altered by her experiences, and the actress simply isn’t up to the task, bringing down the quality and power of the entire film in the process. The film opens with a shot of the Twin Towers smoking on 9/11, as seen on television in a foreign country that we only, much later, learn is Germany. Aware of the events and confoundingly kitted out with a bag of cell phones, Ali Amir (Payman Maadi) turns his attention away from the news for afternoon prayer. He...
- 10/17/2014
- by Kate Erbland
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Perched at the top of this week’s flock of specialty film debuts is Birdman (Or The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance), a possible Oscar contender starring Michael Keaton. Though it’s a limited release, Alejandro González Iñárritu‘s complex film about a fading action-hero trying to reclaim his mojo on Broadway nevertheless combines elements of a superhero franchise that could tap fans well beyond the art house.
It’s part of yet another big flock of specialty film debuts coming this weekend, including the controversy-minded Sundance award-winner Dear White People, William H. Macy‘s directorial debut Rudderless, Kristen Stewart‘s Camp X-Ray, Jason Schwartzman‘s Listen Up Philip, The Golden Era, Summer Of Blood, and one great revival, Alain Resnais’ 1959 landmark Hiroshima Mon Amour.
To get a sense of Fox Searchlight’s ambitions for Birdman, the film closed the New York Film Festival last weekend to strong reviews, but then...
It’s part of yet another big flock of specialty film debuts coming this weekend, including the controversy-minded Sundance award-winner Dear White People, William H. Macy‘s directorial debut Rudderless, Kristen Stewart‘s Camp X-Ray, Jason Schwartzman‘s Listen Up Philip, The Golden Era, Summer Of Blood, and one great revival, Alain Resnais’ 1959 landmark Hiroshima Mon Amour.
To get a sense of Fox Searchlight’s ambitions for Birdman, the film closed the New York Film Festival last weekend to strong reviews, but then...
- 10/16/2014
- by David Bloom
- Deadline
A new clip from the Kristen Stewart-led “Camp X-Ray” has been unveiled, giving us a closer look at the bond that forms between a U.S. soldier and a Guantanamo Bay detainee. The Sundance drama, which marks the feature directorial debut for Peter Sattler, centers on Private Amy Cole (Stewart), a Guantanamo Bay guard who, despite being at the opposite end of the war, finds herself connecting with one of the detainees, Ali Amir (Peyman Moaadi). “To see somebody comforted by a human relationship, it’s nice, it’s alleviating, it feels good,” Stewart told THR about her role in the film. “You [...]
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- 10/9/2014
- by Alfonso Espina
- UpandComers
Kristen Stewart hit the red carpet at the New York Film Festival on Wednesday for the premiere of her new film, Clouds of Sils Maria. She wore a dramatic Chanel dress for the event and showed off her short new haircut while posing for photos with costars Juliette Binoche and Chloë Grace Moretz. Kristen is pulling double duty this week by promoting not one but two projects around the Big Apple. On Monday night, the actress stepped out for the screening of her other upcoming movie, Camp X-Ray, which also brought out her new friend Nicholas Hoult. Kristen also stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that day and revealed that she rescued a dog while filming the gritty prison drama, naming the puppy after her character, Amy Cole. Keep reading to see Kristen at the premiere of Clouds of Sils Maria.
- 10/8/2014
- by Brittney-Stephens
- Popsugar.com
“From the beginning when I started writing it, I knew very much that I wanted to make it a very contained story about two people in one room,” says director Peter Sattler in the latest featurette for prison drama Camp X-Ray. “And not try and make it as this grandiose epic about Guantanamo Bay, and instead focus on the small story between two characters.”
At the centre of Sattler’s close-knit film is Kristen Stewart’s Private Amy Cole. A young Army soldier, she is drafted in as a Guantanamo Bay prison guard and upon arrival, she strikes up a strictly-forbidden friendship with one of the detainees, Ali (Peyman Moaadi.)
There’s certainly a lot going for the film, which boasts a reinvented Stewart. Back from a two-year hiatus, the actress has her sights set on re-establishing herself as a serious thesp with Camp, Oliver Assayas’ Clouds Of Sils Maria,...
At the centre of Sattler’s close-knit film is Kristen Stewart’s Private Amy Cole. A young Army soldier, she is drafted in as a Guantanamo Bay prison guard and upon arrival, she strikes up a strictly-forbidden friendship with one of the detainees, Ali (Peyman Moaadi.)
There’s certainly a lot going for the film, which boasts a reinvented Stewart. Back from a two-year hiatus, the actress has her sights set on re-establishing herself as a serious thesp with Camp, Oliver Assayas’ Clouds Of Sils Maria,...
- 10/8/2014
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
Camp X-Ray may be about as far from Twilight as Kristen Stewart can get, but in her portrayal of a young guard serving at Guantanamo Bay, she does find herself back in the Ya-lit world, if ever so briefly. Her character, Private Amy Cole, starts to develop a delicate friendship with detainee Ali Amir (A Separation's Peyman Moaadi) when she discovers he's a big fan of the Harry Potter books. "The movie is really about their relationship and how they have to deal with each other on a day to day basis," director Peter Sattler told EW after the film's...
- 10/7/2014
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Legs for days!Kristen Stewart stole the spotlight on the red carpet at the "Camp X-Ray" premiere in New York City on Monday night, showing off her slim silhouette in a sexy, sheer J. Mendel dress.The actress paired her micro-beaded mini with classic black pumps, delicate jewelry and a messy, cropped 'do.The "Twilight" star's feminine red carpet ensemble is a far cry from her character's look in the movie. In the flick, she plays Private Amy Cole, a soldier who befriends a man who has been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for eight years. The prisoner, who's believed to be innocent, leaves a lasting impression on Stewart ... which makes her job serving at the penitentiary all the more difficult. Check out the new trailer below! The drama hits theaters on October 17 -- what do you think about of her latest role? Sound off below. Read more...
- 10/7/2014
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
One glance at Kristen Stewart’s recent resume and it’s clear the actress is eager to shrug off the shackles of Twilight. A review of her upcoming film slate indicates that sullen-faced teen Bella Swan will soon be nothing but a hazy memory. There’s no better proof of her shift into weightier fare than the latest trailer for Camp X-Ray. Directed by Peter Sattler, Stewart falls in line as Private Amy Cole, a Guantanamo Bay soldier-turned-guard who strikes up an unlikely alliance with detainee, Ali (Peyman Moaadi.)
As the film is set to open in theatres this month, a new trailer has arrived that packs in a little extra footage compared to the first preview. It’s mostly a few scattered lines of dialogue, with some new inserts showing Cole’s lighter side – watching Ali playing football and smooching with a fellow officer. The urging score almost screams “serious movie!
As the film is set to open in theatres this month, a new trailer has arrived that packs in a little extra footage compared to the first preview. It’s mostly a few scattered lines of dialogue, with some new inserts showing Cole’s lighter side – watching Ali playing football and smooching with a fellow officer. The urging score almost screams “serious movie!
- 10/6/2014
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
The official trailer for Peter Sattler’s drama “Camp X-Ray” has been released. The gripping two minute trailer shows Kristen Stewart in her role as a Guantanamo Bay prison guard, and the unexpected ethical quandaries it presents. The story follows Stewart as Amy Cole, a young soldier assigned to Guantanamo Bay. Surrounded by dangerous men and testosterone addled squadmates, she finds herself striking up an unusual friendship with a detainee named Amir (Payman Moaadi). Their relationship forces more strain on her perception of what is right and what is wrong in an already politically charged and tumultuous situation. Stewart has been [...]
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- 8/11/2014
- by Alyssa Pando
- UpandComers
Sneak Peek new images and footage of "Twilight" actress Kristen Stewart as 'Pvt. Amy Cole', a guard @ Guantanamo Bay, in writer, director Peter Sattler's "Camp X-Ray":
"...'Amy Cole', (Stewart) joins the military to be part of something bigger than herself and her small-town roots.
"Instead, she ends up as a new guard at 'Guantanamo Bay', where her mission is far from black and white.
"Surrounded by hostiles, she strikes up an unusual friendship with one of the detainees..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Camp X-Ray"...
"...'Amy Cole', (Stewart) joins the military to be part of something bigger than herself and her small-town roots.
"Instead, she ends up as a new guard at 'Guantanamo Bay', where her mission is far from black and white.
"Surrounded by hostiles, she strikes up an unusual friendship with one of the detainees..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Camp X-Ray"...
- 8/11/2014
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
The trailer for Camp X-Ray stars Kristen Stewart as a solider in the Army who is stationed at Guantanamo Bay.
'Camp X-Ray' Trailer
Camp X-Ray follows Stewart’s character Pvt. Amy Cole as she settles into her assignment at Guantanamo Bay. Before long, she develops a friendship with detainee Ali Amir, played by Peman Moaadi, and finds the ethics more ambiguous and confusing than she’d ever imagined.
“Make no mistake about it; this is a warzone. Some of these guys have been locked up in here for eight years,” a commanding officer tells Stewart. “You will refer to them as detainees. You will not call them prisoners. You can talk to them, but do not let these guys know anything about you.”
Of course, in the trailer, it becomes clear that she lets Ali Amir into her head while she learns about the circumstances that landed him in Guantanamo.
'Camp X-Ray' Trailer
Camp X-Ray follows Stewart’s character Pvt. Amy Cole as she settles into her assignment at Guantanamo Bay. Before long, she develops a friendship with detainee Ali Amir, played by Peman Moaadi, and finds the ethics more ambiguous and confusing than she’d ever imagined.
“Make no mistake about it; this is a warzone. Some of these guys have been locked up in here for eight years,” a commanding officer tells Stewart. “You will refer to them as detainees. You will not call them prisoners. You can talk to them, but do not let these guys know anything about you.”
Of course, in the trailer, it becomes clear that she lets Ali Amir into her head while she learns about the circumstances that landed him in Guantanamo.
- 8/9/2014
- Uinterview
‘Camp X-Ray’ trailer 2014: Kristen Stewart and Payman Maadi in Guantanamo’s ‘war zone’ (photo: Kristen Stewart in ‘Camp X-Ray’) The official Camp X-Ray trailer is out. "Make no mistake about it. This is a war zone," a male voice tells the recruits (and us) at the start of the movie trailer, set in Guantanamo’s temporary detention center Camp X-Ray. A "war zone" in more ways than one; he’s referring not only to the physical danger faced by the U.S. military guards (and their Muslim prisoners — or rather, "detainees"), but also, and more ominously, to a war of minds and mindsets between the two groups, who may have more in common with each other than is apparent on the surface. Private Amy Cole aka Kristen Stewart is forewarned: "You can talk to ‘em, but do not let these guys learn anything about you. Do not let them get inside your head.
- 8/8/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Kristen Stewart's a U.S. soldier with some tough decisions to make. The "Twilight" actress stars in the new war drama "Camp X-Ray," which looks at the relationship between the detainees and guards at Guantanamo Bay. Check out the emotional trailer above! Private Amy Cole (K-Stew) becomes torn between her job and an inmate when she makes friends with a man who has been imprisoned at the facility for eight years. The prisoner, who's believed to be innocent, leaves a lasting impression on Stewart ... which makes her job serving at the penitentiary all the more difficult. News: Robert Pattinson on Kristen Stewart Cheating Scandal: Who Gives a S**t?The brunette beauty recently told Elle that when it comes to her career, she tries to stay true to herself. "Never at any point have I sat down and plotted how I should proceed from here on," she reveals. "As...
- 8/8/2014
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
It's a strange coincidence that it took putting on an Army uniform to bring out Kristen Stewart‘s softer, more vulnerable side, but the first official trailer for “Camp X-Ray” manages to humanize her in an unexpected way. “It's not as black and white as they said it was going to be,” says her character Private Amy Cole, a wide-eyed recruit tasked with guarding enemies of the state at Guantanamo Bay. Also read: ‘Camp X-Ray’ Star Joseph Julian Soria Joins MGM's Family Film ‘Max’ “Make no mistake about it, this is a war zone,” cautions Cpl. ‘Randy’ Ransdell (Lane Garrison), her jaded instructor.
- 8/8/2014
- by Travis Reilly
- The Wrap
The first trailer for Peter Sattler's Camp X-Ray has been released online.
The drama, set in the Us Military's temporary detention facility of the same name, stars Kristen Stewart as a young guard posted in Guantanamo Bay.
Despite prior warnings from her supervisors not to form any kind of relationship with the camp's detainees, Stewart's character Amy Cole strikes up a friendship with Ali Amir (Peyman Moaadi), who opens her eyes to the other side of life in the detention camp.
Also starring John Carroll Lynch, Lane Garrison and Joseph Julian Soria, Camp X-Ray premiered on January 17 at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
The film is slated for an October 17 Us release.
The drama, set in the Us Military's temporary detention facility of the same name, stars Kristen Stewart as a young guard posted in Guantanamo Bay.
Despite prior warnings from her supervisors not to form any kind of relationship with the camp's detainees, Stewart's character Amy Cole strikes up a friendship with Ali Amir (Peyman Moaadi), who opens her eyes to the other side of life in the detention camp.
Also starring John Carroll Lynch, Lane Garrison and Joseph Julian Soria, Camp X-Ray premiered on January 17 at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
The film is slated for an October 17 Us release.
- 8/8/2014
- Digital Spy
Kristen Stewart‘s breakthrough movie Twilight was as big and mainstream as movies get, but she hasn’t been afraid to tackle smaller and more serious fare as well. Her latest release is Camp X-Ray, a Sundance drama about our ongoing War on Terror. Directed by Peter Sattler, Camp X-Ray follows Stewart’s Amy Cole, a young soldier […]
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- 8/8/2014
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
One of the first things Private Amy Cole (Kristen Stewart) is told when she starts at Guantanamo Bay is, "You can talk to 'em, but do not let these guys know anything about you. Do not let them get inside your head." Then she meets Ali (Payman Maadi), one of the prisoners she's in charge of, and she realizes things aren't so black and white at "Camp X-Ray."
Stewart has done her best to shed her "Twilight" past, with racy roles in movies like "The Runaways" and "On the Road." Judging by this trailer for "Camp X-Ray," which was written and directed by Peter Sattler, she's not giving up any time soon. It's a busy year for the young star; she also shares the screen with Juliette Binoche and Chloë Grace Moretz in Olivier Assayas's "Clouds of Sils Maria," which currently does not have a release date.
"Camp X-Ray...
Stewart has done her best to shed her "Twilight" past, with racy roles in movies like "The Runaways" and "On the Road." Judging by this trailer for "Camp X-Ray," which was written and directed by Peter Sattler, she's not giving up any time soon. It's a busy year for the young star; she also shares the screen with Juliette Binoche and Chloë Grace Moretz in Olivier Assayas's "Clouds of Sils Maria," which currently does not have a release date.
"Camp X-Ray...
- 8/8/2014
- by Jenni Miller
- Moviefone
The first trailer is out for the military drama "Camp X-Ray" which opens October 17th. Kristen Stewart stars as Amy Cole, a woman who becomes a guard standing watch over Guantanamo Bay. She soon strikes up an unusual relationship with one of the prisoners (Payman Maadi). Witnessing his torture at the hands of her colleagues, she wonders if she will survive her time within this notorious detention camp?...
- 8/8/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Camp X-Ray directed by Peter Sattler and starring Kristen Stewart finds Stewart playing Pvt. Amy Cole, a soldier assigned to Guantanamo Bay, who eventually befriends a man who has been imprisoned there for eight years, and today we have ten new pictures from the film which IFC is expected to release later this year. Stewart co-stars in the pic opposite Payman Maadi, Lane Garrison, J.J. Soria and John Carroll Lynch and based on reviews out of Sundance this one sounds like a mixed bag, but what caught my attention most from this batch of pictures (via The Playlist) is how Stewart's expression is the exact same in every single one of these images. Is this how she plays the entire moviec Tight-lipped and sullenc Check out the pictures below.
- 7/3/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Kristen Stewart continues her attempts to shrug her mainstream Twilight fame with Camp X-Ray, a film in which she likely assumed she would be able to prove herself as a serious actor. However, while Stewart’s performance isn’t exactly Oscar-worthy, it’s the film itself that lets her down in the end. Despite her best efforts and the talents of A Separation’s Peyman Moaadi, this character-driven effort is one of the noteworthy disappointments of Sundance 2014.
The film, helmed by first time director and screenwriter Peter Sattler, follows Stewart as Private Amy Cole, a guard at Guantanamo Bay. Cole quickly sets herself apart as an upstanding soldier but fails to follow one unwritten rule: Don’t let the detainees get under your skin. It’s not long before she finds herself in a friendship with a man named Ali (Moaadi), who has been detained for eight years. A translator,...
The film, helmed by first time director and screenwriter Peter Sattler, follows Stewart as Private Amy Cole, a guard at Guantanamo Bay. Cole quickly sets herself apart as an upstanding soldier but fails to follow one unwritten rule: Don’t let the detainees get under your skin. It’s not long before she finds herself in a friendship with a man named Ali (Moaadi), who has been detained for eight years. A translator,...
- 1/26/2014
- by Emily Estep
- We Got This Covered
Kristen Stewart's Us soldier falls in love with a wild-eyed detainee behind the razor wire of Guantanamo Bay. Now what could possibly go wrong?
Camp X-Ray, the debut feature from writer-director Peter Sattler, is a platonic Romeo and Juliet tale in which the characters converse at length across the great divide, separated by wire-mesh glass or chain-link fence. If nothing else, Sattler's fumbled Gitmo romance proves that its star, Kristen Stewart, is well set for a fulfilling career outside the lucrative Twilight franchise. But the film itself is so crude and overstretched, it's a wonder she didn't attempt to tunnel out before the credits rolled.
Stewart plays Private Amy Cole, swamped in fatigues, her hair scraped back and sent behind the wire at Guantanamo Bay, where she proceeds to distribute rations and library books to the luckless detainees. Locked inside his cell, Ali (Peyman Moaadi) decorates styrofoam cups with...
Camp X-Ray, the debut feature from writer-director Peter Sattler, is a platonic Romeo and Juliet tale in which the characters converse at length across the great divide, separated by wire-mesh glass or chain-link fence. If nothing else, Sattler's fumbled Gitmo romance proves that its star, Kristen Stewart, is well set for a fulfilling career outside the lucrative Twilight franchise. But the film itself is so crude and overstretched, it's a wonder she didn't attempt to tunnel out before the credits rolled.
Stewart plays Private Amy Cole, swamped in fatigues, her hair scraped back and sent behind the wire at Guantanamo Bay, where she proceeds to distribute rations and library books to the luckless detainees. Locked inside his cell, Ali (Peyman Moaadi) decorates styrofoam cups with...
- 1/18/2014
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
On Entourage, Vincent Chase would do his dumb-whore popcorn movies (like Aqua-Man) and feel humiliated, but the truth is that he rarely looked more hapless than when he was making one of his “integrity” projects — like his Pablo Escobar biopic, or the I’m-just-Vinnie-from-the-block indie Queens Boulevard, which wound up getting showcased at Sundance. If Entourage wasn’t about Vincent Chase but was about Kristen Stewart instead, her Escobar-meets-Queens Boulevard wince-worthy integrity dud might be Camp X-Ray, in which Stewart plays a guard at Guantanamo Bay who winds up uncovering the big lie of American anti-terrorist policy by making friends...
- 1/18/2014
- by Owen Gleiberman
- EW - Inside Movies
I saw three films today, but the one that I can’t seem to get out of my mind is Peter Sattler’s directorial debut feature Camp X-Ray, starring Kristen Stewart, Payman Maadi, and Lane Garrison. Stewart stars as Amy Cole, a military guard on her first assignment at Guantanamo Bay, who forms a bond with a detainee named Ali, played by Maadi. Theirs isn’t exactly a friendship, but over time as Cole witnesses the treatment of the detainees, she can’t help but show compassion toward him.
Sattler stated that he wanted to make a film about humanity, not politics. I think he succeeded.
Stewart gave a strong performance, and the role suited her well. At one point in the film I had to laugh because she is often accused of showing no emotion. Oddly enough, that worked perfectly for this...
Sattler stated that he wanted to make a film about humanity, not politics. I think he succeeded.
Stewart gave a strong performance, and the role suited her well. At one point in the film I had to laugh because she is often accused of showing no emotion. Oddly enough, that worked perfectly for this...
- 1/18/2014
- by Michelle Nelson
- IMDb Blog - All the Latest
Kristen Stewart loves her some blue jeans! The 23-year-old actress paired skinny jeans with a light denim vest over a black T-shirt as she made her way through Lax on Thursday, Jan. 16. The Camp X-Ray star was there to catch her to flight 2014 Sundance Film Festival in Utah. As the star of the Peter Sattler-directed flick, which premieres Friday, Jan. 17 at the festival, K.Stew plays a young woman named Amy Cole who joins the military as a way of escape from small town life. Only, instead of heading for a tour in Afghanistan like she hopes, she ends up as a prison guard at Guantanamo Bay. It's there that she forms a friendship with a prisoner who has been detained for eight years. Camp X-Ray takes its...
- 1/17/2014
- E! Online
So cute! Kristen Stewart is finally moving in from her teen ‘Twilight’ days with some heavy-hitting dramas and indie flicks, and her mother couldn’t be prouder. Jules Mann-Stewart posted a pic of Kristen with a sweet message on Instagram, proving that their mother-daughter bond couldn’t be stronger.
We love it when the stars we love have strong relationships with their families, so it’s great to see that Jules Mann-Stewart is so proud of her daughter Kristen Stewart, 23. Find out what Jules had to say about Kristen’s role in Camp X-Ray below!
Kristen Stewart’s Mom Sends Message Of Support On Instagram
We were so proud of Kristen when we learned that she nabbed the role of Amy Cole in Camp X-Ray. Kristen plays a young soldier stationed at Guantanamo Bay who befriends a Muslim prisoner, which is obviously a huge departure from Bella Swan. Her mom...
We love it when the stars we love have strong relationships with their families, so it’s great to see that Jules Mann-Stewart is so proud of her daughter Kristen Stewart, 23. Find out what Jules had to say about Kristen’s role in Camp X-Ray below!
Kristen Stewart’s Mom Sends Message Of Support On Instagram
We were so proud of Kristen when we learned that she nabbed the role of Amy Cole in Camp X-Ray. Kristen plays a young soldier stationed at Guantanamo Bay who befriends a Muslim prisoner, which is obviously a huge departure from Bella Swan. Her mom...
- 12/5/2013
- by HL Intern
- HollywoodLife
Kristen Stewart to get majorly attacked & more in new Army drama movie she's doing. According to a new report from Hollywood Life, former Twilight Saga main chick, Kristen Stewart, is finally heading back to work to play some army chick,named Amy Cole, in a new drama flick, titled, "Camp X-Ray." And it turns out that Kristen's character is going to get heavily attacked in the film by getting spit on,and having human waste thrown on her. It's just going to be awful how her character gets treated. The initial synopsis for the new film, reads like this: “Having escaped from her suffocating small town into the military, Cole (Kristen Stewart) had been hoping for a tour of duty in Iraq. Instead, she’s sent to Guantanamo. Met with hatred and abuse from the Muslim men in her charge, Cole finds herself forging an odd friendship with Ali, who...
- 5/30/2013
- by Andre
- OnTheFlix
Whoa! K-Stew’s new movie role will likely have ‘Twilight’ fans cringing, but we’re anxious to see it. Will you be watching ‘Camp X-Ray’?
Kristen Stewart needs something to keep her busy as she goes through her very public split from Robert Pattinson. Camp X-Ray, Kristen’s new movie, seems to be the perfect way to distract herself.
Kristen Stewart: ‘Camp X-Ray’ Details — K-Stew Gets Spit On In New Movie
The premise of Camp X-Ray goes as follows: “Having escaped from her suffocating small town into the military, Cole (Kristen Stewart) had been hoping for a tour of duty in Iraq. Instead, she’s sent to Guantanamo. Met with hatred and abuse from the Muslim men in her charge, Cole finds herself forging an odd friendship with Ali, who has been imprisoned at Gitmo for eight years.”
A source close to production, who’s read the script, tells HollywoodLife.
Kristen Stewart needs something to keep her busy as she goes through her very public split from Robert Pattinson. Camp X-Ray, Kristen’s new movie, seems to be the perfect way to distract herself.
Kristen Stewart: ‘Camp X-Ray’ Details — K-Stew Gets Spit On In New Movie
The premise of Camp X-Ray goes as follows: “Having escaped from her suffocating small town into the military, Cole (Kristen Stewart) had been hoping for a tour of duty in Iraq. Instead, she’s sent to Guantanamo. Met with hatred and abuse from the Muslim men in her charge, Cole finds herself forging an odd friendship with Ali, who has been imprisoned at Gitmo for eight years.”
A source close to production, who’s read the script, tells HollywoodLife.
- 5/30/2013
- by Christopher Rogers
- HollywoodLife
The Rural Alberta Advantage, a three-piece indie rock band based out of Toronto, stopped by the IFC Crossroads House during SXSW 2011. The group joined us for a set of their sparse and almost chillingly beautiful songs from their album "Departing."
Band members Nils Edenloff, Amy Cole, and Paul Banwatt chatted with IFC's SXSW music host, Ted Leo, about the industry, their sound, and the wilds of Canada:
After their interview, the band headed to the main stage at the Crossroads House and brought a little bit of the lonesome Canadian wilds into the middle of Austin, Texas:
Photo credit: Flickr user burasis (Cc)...
Band members Nils Edenloff, Amy Cole, and Paul Banwatt chatted with IFC's SXSW music host, Ted Leo, about the industry, their sound, and the wilds of Canada:
After their interview, the band headed to the main stage at the Crossroads House and brought a little bit of the lonesome Canadian wilds into the middle of Austin, Texas:
Photo credit: Flickr user burasis (Cc)...
- 3/21/2011
- by Melissa Locker
- ifc.com
Photo by Vanessa Heins The Rural Alberta Advantage
Fort McMurray is located in a remote part of Alberta, Canada, and a five hour drive north of Edmonton. The city of about 70,000 people sprang up around a single industry. “If it wasn’t for the oil, there’d be nobody there,” says musician Nils Edenloff, who grew up there with sprawling evergreen forests and 40-below winters. In his own small way, Edenloff has recently given Fort McMurray a new identity: muse.
Fort McMurray is located in a remote part of Alberta, Canada, and a five hour drive north of Edmonton. The city of about 70,000 people sprang up around a single industry. “If it wasn’t for the oil, there’d be nobody there,” says musician Nils Edenloff, who grew up there with sprawling evergreen forests and 40-below winters. In his own small way, Edenloff has recently given Fort McMurray a new identity: muse.
- 3/2/2011
- by John Jurgensen
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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