We've hit an early December lull at multiplexes this weekend as we prepare for the onslaught of big holiday blockbusters that will soon be here. The only major release in theatres this week is the Gerard Butler rom-com Playing for Keeps, although End of Watch is also returning to a significant number of theatres for an awards season run. Does it really have a shot at an Oscar? It seems like a bit of a stretch to me. In select theatres, look for Bill Murray playing Fdr in Hyde Park on Hudson, which has been getting pretty disappointing reviews, along with Lay the Favorite starring Bruce Willis and Deadfall starring Eric Bana. If that's not enough, we've also got a South Korean Twilight rip-off called A Werewolf Boy. What will you be watching this weekend? Playing for Keeps End of Watch (re-release) Lay the Favorite (limited) Hyde Park on Hudson...
- 12/7/2012
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Los Angeles, August 21, 2012–Gravitas Ventures announced today a comprehensive multi-year licensing arrangement that will allow action sports documentary films from Red Bull Media House (Rbmh) to be enjoyed by movie lovers across the Us and Canada on Video on Demand (VOD). Key titles included in the deal include films The Art of Flight (2D and 3D versions), Strength in Numbers, Congo: The Grand Inga Project, We…A Collection of Individuals, Where the Trail Ends and Bending Colours. The partnership enables Rbmh to release select films in theatres while Gravitasdistributes simultaneously or “day and date” in 100+ million Video On Demand homes. As part of the arrangement, Rbmh’s deep library may also be licensed to growing subscription and ad-sponsored VOD offerings. “For more than 20 years Red Bull has been committed to producing and acquiring content focused on the most exciting elements of sports, culture, and lifestyle. Today, we’re pushing the...
- 8/24/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Looking over today's ratings I was a little befuddled looking at the rating reasons for Scary Or Die and Silent Night. Among other things, the first was rated R for "bloody horror violence" the latter for just "bloody violence". Does "bloody horror violence" mean gore and if so, I seem to remember "gory" being used in a rating before. Oh well. Otherwise I have ratings for Tom Cruise's new movie Jack Reacher, Lee Daniels' Cannes selection The Paperboy starring Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey and Zac Efron and Tyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor. The latest MPAA ratings from Bulletin #2234. 12 Dogs Of Christmas: Great Puppy Rescue Rated PG For mild thematic elements including an accident. 2016 Obama's America The Movie Rated PG For thematic elements, brief language and smoking images. 4:44 Last Day On Earth Rated R For a scene of strong sexuality, nudity, language and some drug content. The Art Of Flight...
- 8/1/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Michael Haneke’s Amour
Love (Amour) directed by Michael Haneke won the Best Feature Film award at the 33rd edition of the Durban International Film Festival that announced its award-winners on July 28, 2012.
The Best First Feature Film prize went to Julia Leigh for Sleeping Beauty (Australia).
The Best South African Feature Film was awarded to Adventures in Zambezia (South Africa), directed by Wayne Thornley.
The Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award went to Malika Zouhali-Worral and Katherine Fairfax Wright’s film Call Me Kuchu which focuses on attacks on gays in Uganda.
The full list of awards is:
Best Film: Love (Amour) (France, Austria, Germany), directed by Michael Haneke
Best South African Feature Film: Adventures in Zambezia (South Africa), directed by Wayne Thornley
Best First Feature Film: Sleeping Beauty (Australia), directed by Julia Leigh
Best Director: Benh Zeitlin for Beasts Of The Southern Wild (USA)
Best Actress: Deanie Ip in...
Love (Amour) directed by Michael Haneke won the Best Feature Film award at the 33rd edition of the Durban International Film Festival that announced its award-winners on July 28, 2012.
The Best First Feature Film prize went to Julia Leigh for Sleeping Beauty (Australia).
The Best South African Feature Film was awarded to Adventures in Zambezia (South Africa), directed by Wayne Thornley.
The Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award went to Malika Zouhali-Worral and Katherine Fairfax Wright’s film Call Me Kuchu which focuses on attacks on gays in Uganda.
The full list of awards is:
Best Film: Love (Amour) (France, Austria, Germany), directed by Michael Haneke
Best South African Feature Film: Adventures in Zambezia (South Africa), directed by Wayne Thornley
Best First Feature Film: Sleeping Beauty (Australia), directed by Julia Leigh
Best Director: Benh Zeitlin for Beasts Of The Southern Wild (USA)
Best Actress: Deanie Ip in...
- 7/29/2012
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
The 18th annual San Antonio Film Festival will run for a solid week, June 18-24, at several locations around the city and will feature, as it always does, an expansive and impressive lineup of documentaries, thrillers, dramas and a ton of short films.
The fest kicks off on the 18th with the Canadian culture clash comedy French Immersion, directed by Kevin Tierney, followed by a block of homegrown short films from all over the great state of Texas. The next night’s programming, the 19th, pays tribute to San Antonio’s neighbors to the south with two feature films from Mexico, the drama Burros by Odin Salazar Flores and the documentary Die Standing Up by Jacaranda Correa, as well as a block of short films.
Some of the feature-length documentaries include Stephanie Hubbard’s Christian theme park quest Bible Storyland (watch the trailer); James Lane’s expose of the Oklahoma...
The fest kicks off on the 18th with the Canadian culture clash comedy French Immersion, directed by Kevin Tierney, followed by a block of homegrown short films from all over the great state of Texas. The next night’s programming, the 19th, pays tribute to San Antonio’s neighbors to the south with two feature films from Mexico, the drama Burros by Odin Salazar Flores and the documentary Die Standing Up by Jacaranda Correa, as well as a block of short films.
Some of the feature-length documentaries include Stephanie Hubbard’s Christian theme park quest Bible Storyland (watch the trailer); James Lane’s expose of the Oklahoma...
- 6/18/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Red Bull Media House has signed on to produce "Twist," a 3D re-telling of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" that's set in the present day. The plan is to go into pre-production this January. Story will center around the novel's Fagin Gang, which will use parkour to carry out a series of art thefts in the film. The original idea comes from brothers Lynch and Simon Thomas. Austria-based energy giant Red Bull launched its media and content business in 2007. Company owns television channel Servus TV channel and last year released "The Art of Flight," an 80-minute film centered on snowboarding.
- 5/16/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
Red Bull Media House, the same company that brought us the popular energy drink, is set to produce a film called Twist for Pure Grass Films and the Salt Co. The movie will be a modern day 3D adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. I honestly never would have imagined that Red Bull would end up producing a movie about this story; of course, this version's got a little action-packed spin to it.
According to Variety, this is an original concept in which the story will center around the Fagin Gang, only this time it will include the physical art of parkour to carry out a series of art thefts in the film. This is the art of moving through urban environments by vaulting, rolling, running, climbing, and jumping. So it makes a little more sense that Red Bull has come on board. The concept comes from...
According to Variety, this is an original concept in which the story will center around the Fagin Gang, only this time it will include the physical art of parkour to carry out a series of art thefts in the film. This is the art of moving through urban environments by vaulting, rolling, running, climbing, and jumping. So it makes a little more sense that Red Bull has come on board. The concept comes from...
- 5/15/2012
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
One of a few films Disney is making as big-screen exploitations of existing theme parks is a film based on the Matterhorn ride. The film, originally referred to as The Hill, was announced last year, and is currently being referred to as Untitled Explorers Project. Now the movie has a director: commercial helmer [1] Brian Beletic, who has made spots for Converse, Nike, and Ikea, as well as many music videos for the Black Eyed Peas ('Karma,' 'Weekends,' 'B.E.P. Empire,' more) and videos for Fatboy Slim ('Don't Let the Man Get You Down') Cee-Lo ('Closet Freak,' 'Gettin' Grown') and El-p ('Deep Space 9mm'). The film, written [2] by Jason Dean Hall, sounds like a classic sort of adventure movie with some extreme sports elements straight out of 2003: "A small group of young, super adventure/explorers, each with a specific skill set, are brought to the...
- 1/7/2012
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
The moral of this story is two fold. First, sound totally makes a movie. And second, always do your best, you never know where it might take you. That second point applies because, a few weeks ago, I wrote a story about how [1] Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides was the first film ever released to a streaming site encoded with Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound. At the time, I didn't know what that entailed specifically, just that it was a cool technological advancement. Fast forward a few days later and I'm in San Francisco at Dolby's World Headquarters, sitting in their beyond state of the art screening room, about to watch an action sports snowboarding movie called The Art of Flight that will demonstrate exactly what Dolby 7.1 can do. Along the way, I also learned a bit more about Dolby as a brand and the overall theatrical experience as a whole.
- 11/8/2011
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
When Dolby Laboratories want to show off the latest and greatest in sound and visual technology, you figure they'd turn to one of Hollywood's big-budget, state-of-the-art blockbusters. But that's not the direction the company took on Tuesday night, when Dolby hosted a presentation entitled "The Art of Entertainment featuring "The Art of Flight'" at its San Francisco headquarters. Instead, Dolby spotlighted an extreme-sports movie about snowboarding, "The Art of Flight," which was made with backing from an energy drink company and which went straight to DVD, Blu-Ray and iTunes. But "The Art of...
- 11/2/2011
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
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