Yesterday, Lionsgate gave us our first look images for the highly anticipated film “Borderlands” and now they have just unleashed the explosive official trailer! Check it out below:
Also, revealed are all-new character posters as well!
Directed by: Eli Roth
Screenplay by: Eli Roth and Joe Crombie
Screen Story by: Eli Roth
Based on: The Video Game Borderlands created by Gearbox Software and published by 2K
Produced by: Ari Arad, p.g.a., Avi Arad, Erik Feig
Executive Produced by: Tim Miller, Ethan Smith, Louise Rosner, Emmy Yu, Lucy Kitada, Christopher Woodrow, K. Blaine Johnston, Randy Pitchford, Strauss Zelnick
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon, and Jamie Lee Curtis
Director of Photography: Rogier Stoffers, ASC, Nsc
Production Designer: Andrew Menzies
Edited by: Julian Clarke, Ace; Evan Henke, Ace
Costume Designer: Daniel Orlandi
Music by: Steve Jablonsky
Music Supervisor: Trygge Toven
Casting by: Victoria Thomas,...
Also, revealed are all-new character posters as well!
Directed by: Eli Roth
Screenplay by: Eli Roth and Joe Crombie
Screen Story by: Eli Roth
Based on: The Video Game Borderlands created by Gearbox Software and published by 2K
Produced by: Ari Arad, p.g.a., Avi Arad, Erik Feig
Executive Produced by: Tim Miller, Ethan Smith, Louise Rosner, Emmy Yu, Lucy Kitada, Christopher Woodrow, K. Blaine Johnston, Randy Pitchford, Strauss Zelnick
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon, and Jamie Lee Curtis
Director of Photography: Rogier Stoffers, ASC, Nsc
Production Designer: Andrew Menzies
Edited by: Julian Clarke, Ace; Evan Henke, Ace
Costume Designer: Daniel Orlandi
Music by: Steve Jablonsky
Music Supervisor: Trygge Toven
Casting by: Victoria Thomas,...
- 2/21/2024
- by Kristyn Clarke
- Age of the Nerd
Director Eli Roth returns to the director’s chair after his triumph with 2023’s Thanksgiving with his latest film, Borderlands.
Based on the Video Game Borderlands created by Gearbox Software and published by 2K, the film stars Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon, and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Check out the crazy new trailer now and see it in theaters on August 9th.
Lilith (Blanchett), an infamous bounty hunter with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home, Pandora, the most chaotic planet in the galaxy. Her mission is to find the missing daughter of Atlas (Ramírez), the universe’s most powerful S.O.B. Lilith forms an unexpected alliance with a ragtag team of misfits – Roland (Hart), a seasoned mercenary on a mission; Tiny Tina (Greenblatt), a feral pre-teen demolitionist; Krieg (Munteanu), Tina’s musclebound protector; Tannis (Curtis), the oddball scientist who...
Based on the Video Game Borderlands created by Gearbox Software and published by 2K, the film stars Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon, and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Check out the crazy new trailer now and see it in theaters on August 9th.
Lilith (Blanchett), an infamous bounty hunter with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home, Pandora, the most chaotic planet in the galaxy. Her mission is to find the missing daughter of Atlas (Ramírez), the universe’s most powerful S.O.B. Lilith forms an unexpected alliance with a ragtag team of misfits – Roland (Hart), a seasoned mercenary on a mission; Tiny Tina (Greenblatt), a feral pre-teen demolitionist; Krieg (Munteanu), Tina’s musclebound protector; Tannis (Curtis), the oddball scientist who...
- 2/21/2024
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Stars: Maggie Q, Kat Foster, Highdee Kuan, James Carpinello, Travis Hammer | Written and Directed by Neil Labute
Fear the Night opens with a confrontation, though not the kind you might expect from a home invasion thriller. Tes is going through a trunk full of scrapbooks in the attic when her sister Beth appears and snaps at her for going through her stuff. Tes points out these are family heirlooms, not hers only for the subject to be changed to Tes swearing in front of Beth’s daughter despite the fact the girl isn’t even in the house at the moment.
These dysfunctional siblings have been brought together by a bachelorette party although it’s not exactly clear why. It’s obvious that Tes, who is suffering from Ptsd and struggling to readjust to society, likes these people about as much as they like her. After the obligatory run-in with...
Fear the Night opens with a confrontation, though not the kind you might expect from a home invasion thriller. Tes is going through a trunk full of scrapbooks in the attic when her sister Beth appears and snaps at her for going through her stuff. Tes points out these are family heirlooms, not hers only for the subject to be changed to Tes swearing in front of Beth’s daughter despite the fact the girl isn’t even in the house at the moment.
These dysfunctional siblings have been brought together by a bachelorette party although it’s not exactly clear why. It’s obvious that Tes, who is suffering from Ptsd and struggling to readjust to society, likes these people about as much as they like her. After the obligatory run-in with...
- 7/18/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
How far would you go to protect your family?
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures has just released a new trailer and poster for Death Wish! Director Eli Roth’s reimagining of the classic 1974 revenge thriller stars Bruce Willis, Vincent D’Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Camila Morrone, Dean Norris and Kimberly Elise.
Death Wish is in theaters everywhere on March 2, 2018!
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents director Eli Roth’s reimagining of the 1974 revenge thriller Death Wish. Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of his city’s violence when it is rushed into his ER – until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes, Paul, burning for revenge, hunts his family’s assailants to deliver justice. As the anonymous slayings of criminals grabs the media’s attention, the city wonders if this deadly avenger is a guardian angel or a grim reaper.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures has just released a new trailer and poster for Death Wish! Director Eli Roth’s reimagining of the classic 1974 revenge thriller stars Bruce Willis, Vincent D’Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Camila Morrone, Dean Norris and Kimberly Elise.
Death Wish is in theaters everywhere on March 2, 2018!
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents director Eli Roth’s reimagining of the 1974 revenge thriller Death Wish. Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of his city’s violence when it is rushed into his ER – until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes, Paul, burning for revenge, hunts his family’s assailants to deliver justice. As the anonymous slayings of criminals grabs the media’s attention, the city wonders if this deadly avenger is a guardian angel or a grim reaper.
- 1/3/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
For many film fans, the name Paul Kersey is synonymous with Charles Bronson, but Bruce Willis is breathing new life into the role in Eli Roth's reimagining of Death Wish, which is teased in a new trailer packed with bullet-riddled vengeance and plenty of AC/DC.
MGM will release the new Death Wish film in theaters on November 22nd. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more details and check out the official trailer and poster below. Are you looking forward to a new take on Death Wish?
"Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents director Eli Roth's reimagining of the classic 1974 revenge thriller Death Wish. Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of Chicago violence when it is rushed into his ER - until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes,...
MGM will release the new Death Wish film in theaters on November 22nd. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more details and check out the official trailer and poster below. Are you looking forward to a new take on Death Wish?
"Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents director Eli Roth's reimagining of the classic 1974 revenge thriller Death Wish. Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of Chicago violence when it is rushed into his ER - until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes,...
- 8/3/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures have released the first trailer for director Eli Roth’s reimagining of the classic 1974 revenge thriller Death Wish.
The original film starred Charles Bronson and it became his most famous role when he was age 52. He played Paul Kersey, a successful New York architect who turns into a crime-fighting vigilante after his wife is murdered and his daughter sexually assaulted. This successful movie spawned various sequels over the next two decades, all starring Bronson. (Trailer)
Updated from the original novel by Brian Garfield, director Eli Roth and screenwriter Joe Carnahan’s (The Grey, Narc) bring the latest version:
Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of Chicago violence when it is rushed into his ER – until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes, Paul, burning for revenge,...
The original film starred Charles Bronson and it became his most famous role when he was age 52. He played Paul Kersey, a successful New York architect who turns into a crime-fighting vigilante after his wife is murdered and his daughter sexually assaulted. This successful movie spawned various sequels over the next two decades, all starring Bronson. (Trailer)
Updated from the original novel by Brian Garfield, director Eli Roth and screenwriter Joe Carnahan’s (The Grey, Narc) bring the latest version:
Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of Chicago violence when it is rushed into his ER – until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes, Paul, burning for revenge,...
- 8/3/2017
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Guy Pearce plays a terrifying reverend in the period drama-thriller, Brimstone. Here's our review of a brutal movie...
An apocalyptic pall hangs over this western from Dutch writer-director Martin Koolhoven, from its ominous title to its spectacular yet bleak landscapes. Some movies have a tendency to romanticise what life was like on the American frontier; Brimstone, on the other hand, is so witheringly violent that it makes Bone Tomahawk look like Paint Your Wagon.
Dakota Fanning stars as Elizabeth, a mute midwife who has the thankless task of delivering babies at a time when childbirth is fraught with danger. And on the day that one delivery goes tragically wrong, a scarred, glowering Reverend (Guy Pearce) shows up to tell Liz that she must be punished for her sins...
Koolhoven's sordid tale of abuse, sadism and revenge might be impossible to sit through were it not for construction: the opening 40 minutes introduces its two leads,...
An apocalyptic pall hangs over this western from Dutch writer-director Martin Koolhoven, from its ominous title to its spectacular yet bleak landscapes. Some movies have a tendency to romanticise what life was like on the American frontier; Brimstone, on the other hand, is so witheringly violent that it makes Bone Tomahawk look like Paint Your Wagon.
Dakota Fanning stars as Elizabeth, a mute midwife who has the thankless task of delivering babies at a time when childbirth is fraught with danger. And on the day that one delivery goes tragically wrong, a scarred, glowering Reverend (Guy Pearce) shows up to tell Liz that she must be punished for her sins...
Koolhoven's sordid tale of abuse, sadism and revenge might be impossible to sit through were it not for construction: the opening 40 minutes introduces its two leads,...
- 10/14/2016
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Mia Wasikowska thriller goes to France, Germany ahead of June 15 shoot.
Writer-director Martin Koolhoven’s (Winter in Wartime) upcoming thriller Brimstone, starring Mia Wasikowska (Maps to the Stars), Guy Pearce (The Hurt Locker), Robert Pattinson (Twilight Saga) and Carice van Houten (Black Book), has closed key deals and added finance ahead of its June 15 shoot.
Among pre-sales to close for Embankment Films are Germany (Koch Media) and France (The Jokers Films) with savvy French outfit Back-Up Media and Holland’s N279 Entertainment arranging financing on the film with London-based New Sparta Films and Filmwave.
Uwe Schott (Cloud Atlas, Amour) of X-Filme, Els Vandevorst (Winter in Wartime) of N279 and Belgium’s Prime Time will produce.
In Brimstone, Wasikowska will play a heroine on the run from her past, chased by a diabolical preacher played by Pearce. Set in the American West, Paterson is set to play an outlaw.
The film will shoot in Romania, Spain and Germany...
Writer-director Martin Koolhoven’s (Winter in Wartime) upcoming thriller Brimstone, starring Mia Wasikowska (Maps to the Stars), Guy Pearce (The Hurt Locker), Robert Pattinson (Twilight Saga) and Carice van Houten (Black Book), has closed key deals and added finance ahead of its June 15 shoot.
Among pre-sales to close for Embankment Films are Germany (Koch Media) and France (The Jokers Films) with savvy French outfit Back-Up Media and Holland’s N279 Entertainment arranging financing on the film with London-based New Sparta Films and Filmwave.
Uwe Schott (Cloud Atlas, Amour) of X-Filme, Els Vandevorst (Winter in Wartime) of N279 and Belgium’s Prime Time will produce.
In Brimstone, Wasikowska will play a heroine on the run from her past, chased by a diabolical preacher played by Pearce. Set in the American West, Paterson is set to play an outlaw.
The film will shoot in Romania, Spain and Germany...
- 5/15/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Women Are From Velvet: Labute’s Latest Chapter in Power Struggles of the Sexes
Its title recalling that late 60’s psychedelic pop song from Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelton, a duet between a man and a mysterious woman that instructs him in the ways of love, Neil Labute returns to what he does best with Some Velvet Morning, a one setting two-hander that feels an awful lot like a filmed stage play. It also happens to be the best output from the provocateur in over a decade, though that’s not to say it’s an overtly appealing film. Rather, it’s a bit tiresome to sit through, a bickering pair of selfish ex-lovers duke it out in a constant struggle to remain in control of a tense reunion in seemingly endless revolution. Until, as seems to be Labute’s custom, a surprising twist is revealed which begs for a...
Its title recalling that late 60’s psychedelic pop song from Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelton, a duet between a man and a mysterious woman that instructs him in the ways of love, Neil Labute returns to what he does best with Some Velvet Morning, a one setting two-hander that feels an awful lot like a filmed stage play. It also happens to be the best output from the provocateur in over a decade, though that’s not to say it’s an overtly appealing film. Rather, it’s a bit tiresome to sit through, a bickering pair of selfish ex-lovers duke it out in a constant struggle to remain in control of a tense reunion in seemingly endless revolution. Until, as seems to be Labute’s custom, a surprising twist is revealed which begs for a...
- 12/11/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Neil Labute comedy drama stars Matthew Broderick and Alice Eve.
K5 International has boarded Neil Labute’s latest feature, Dirty Weekend, starring Matthew Broderick and Alice Eve.
The London-based sales division of K5 will kick off sales at the American Film Market (Afm) next week.
The film was written by Labute, who is currently shooting the feature in New Mexico.
The story follows a businessman, played by Broderick, who finds himself delayed in a city where a year earlier a few too many drinks led to an unexpected encounter, the half-remembered details of which have haunted him since. Accompanied by his co-worker, played by Eve, he sets out to figure out what really happened that night.
Duncan Montgomery (Bernie) and Tiller Russell are producing through their production company Horsethief Pictures. The film is also produced by Joey Stewart and shot by Rogier Stoffers.
K5 co-founders Oliver Simon and DanielBaur said: “Neil is that rare writer/director with an...
K5 International has boarded Neil Labute’s latest feature, Dirty Weekend, starring Matthew Broderick and Alice Eve.
The London-based sales division of K5 will kick off sales at the American Film Market (Afm) next week.
The film was written by Labute, who is currently shooting the feature in New Mexico.
The story follows a businessman, played by Broderick, who finds himself delayed in a city where a year earlier a few too many drinks led to an unexpected encounter, the half-remembered details of which have haunted him since. Accompanied by his co-worker, played by Eve, he sets out to figure out what really happened that night.
Duncan Montgomery (Bernie) and Tiller Russell are producing through their production company Horsethief Pictures. The film is also produced by Joey Stewart and shot by Rogier Stoffers.
K5 co-founders Oliver Simon and DanielBaur said: “Neil is that rare writer/director with an...
- 11/1/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Fox garnered three nominations as the American Society of Cinematographers announced TV nominees for its Asc Awards. Winners will be unveiled at the 27th Asc Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography set for February 10 at Hollywood & Highland. The film nominations will be announced January 9. Here are the noms: One-Hour Episodic Television Series Balazs Bolygo, Hsc for Cinemax’s Hunted (“Mort”) Chris Manley, Asc for AMC’s Mad Men (“The Phantom”) Kramer Morgenthau, Asc for HBO’s Game of Thrones (“The North Remembers”) David Moxness, Csc, Asc for Fox’s Fringe (“Letters of Transit”) Mike Spragg for Cinemax’s Strike Back (Episode 11) David Stockton, Asc for Fox’s Alcatraz (Pilot) Television Movie/Miniseries Michael Goi, Asc for FX’s American Horror Story: Asylum (“I am Anne Frank: Part 2”) Florian Hoffmeister for the PBS Masterpiece presentation of Great Expectations Arthur Reinhart for History Channel’s Hatfields & McCoys Rogier Stoffers, Asc for...
- 12/19/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Given that he's one of the more diverse and prolific filmmakers out there, it's been a disappointingly long four years without a new movie from Richard Linklater ("Me and Orson Welles" premiered at Tiff in 2008). Fortunately, the Austin, Texas-based filmmaker is back with "Bernie," a dark comedy which reunites him with two of his most memorable leads, Jack Black and Matthew McConaughey, that has picked up strong reviews and, opening in limited release last Friday, has been performing surprisingly well at the box office.
With "Bernie" expanding wider this weekend (read our review), it seemed like the perfect time to look over Linklater's diverse and eclectic career. He'd already made his mark by founding the Austin Film Society in 1985 (which has gone on to be the center of the industy in the Texas city), but since his debut with an ultra-low-budget student film in 1988, Linklater's tackled everything from romance to...
With "Bernie" expanding wider this weekend (read our review), it seemed like the perfect time to look over Linklater's diverse and eclectic career. He'd already made his mark by founding the Austin Film Society in 1985 (which has gone on to be the center of the industy in the Texas city), but since his debut with an ultra-low-budget student film in 1988, Linklater's tackled everything from romance to...
- 5/2/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
- The Italians apparently do it better. Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah and Paolo Sorrentino's Il Divo grabbed 5 nominations each with Toni Servillo getting nominated as best actor (see above) for his parts in both films. Two films that I thought were worthy contenders in several categories in Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Three Monkeys and Abdellatif Kechiche’s The Secret of the Grain were shut out while Steve McQueen’s Hunger got two noms but failed to grab a Best Film nom. Last year’s The Orphanage and Waltz With Bashir both receive four nominations. This year’s Palme d'Or winner walked away with noms for best film and best director. Other well represented films include Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky, Joe Wright's Atonement, Andreas Dresen's Cloud 9 and Eran Riklis' Lemon Tree. Winners will be announced on December 6th in Copenhagen. Here are the categories.: European
- 11/11/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
Release Date: Oct. 17
Writer/Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Cinematographer: Rogier Stoffers
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Sophie Okonedo, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, Paul Bettany
Studio/Run Time: Fox Searchlight, 110 mins.
Sappy adaptation has heart in the right place
The big-screen adaptation of Sue Monk Kidd's bestseller The Secret Life of Bees is commendable not because of what it is, exactly, but what it refuses to be. It is sentimental, but not overly melodramatic. It is sincere, but not necessarily corny. Bees is a fantastical tale that typifies a time of grim realities, filled with strong performances that (mostly) sidestep theatrics and clichés.
Writer/Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Cinematographer: Rogier Stoffers
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah, Sophie Okonedo, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, Paul Bettany
Studio/Run Time: Fox Searchlight, 110 mins.
Sappy adaptation has heart in the right place
The big-screen adaptation of Sue Monk Kidd's bestseller The Secret Life of Bees is commendable not because of what it is, exactly, but what it refuses to be. It is sentimental, but not overly melodramatic. It is sincere, but not necessarily corny. Bees is a fantastical tale that typifies a time of grim realities, filled with strong performances that (mostly) sidestep theatrics and clichés.
- 10/20/2008
- Pastemagazine.com
Opened: Friday, June 6 (Picturehouse). Production: CTB Film Co./Andreevskiy Flag Co/X-Filme Creative Pool/Kinofabrikia.
Long on ethnographic detail and visual splendor but short on narrative coherence, Sergei Bodrov's "Mongol" relates the story of Genghis Khan's early years in a plodding, uninspired fashion that doesn't bode well for the next two entries in a planned trilogy. The film, which snared a best foreign-language film Oscar nomination representing Kazakhstan, feels far longer than its two-hour running time.
Leading Japanese actor Tadanobu Asano plays the leading role of the famous 13th century conqueror, born with the name Temudgin and depicted here as a sensitive soul, loving husband and doting father. The screenplay, written by Bodrov and Arif Aliyev, begins the tale with Temudgin's childhood and his rude introduction to adult responsibilities when his tribal chief father is fatally poisoned by a rival.
It then proceeds to chart Temudgin's personal life -- including his devoted relationship to his wife, Borte (Kulan Chuluun), with whom he becomes betrothed while still a child -- and his rocky road to becoming emperor of the previously divided Mongol tribes, overcoming such early travails as enslavement and banishment along the way.
Despite the film's numerous tender moments, it's clearly the large-scale battle scenes that are its raison d'etre, and they are executed with suitable lavishness and raucous energy. Thankfully employing a minimum of CGI effects, the director lays on the violent gore in loving slo-mo fashion that should well appease action fans annoyed at having to read subtitles.
The film, which ends just as its central figure is about to begin his quest for world domination under his better-known moniker, is best appreciated for its rigorous attention to physical details, from its gorgeous locations to its detailed re-creation of its exotic milieu.Cast: Tadanobu Asano, Honglei Sun, Kulan Chuluun, Odnyam Odsuren, Aliya, Ba Sen, Amadul Mamadakov, Ba Yin. Director: Sergei Bodrov. Screenwriters: Sergie Bodrov, Arif Aliyev. Executive producers: Bob Berney, Bulat Galimgereyev, Alec Schulmann. Producers: Sergey Selyanov, Sergei Bodrov, Anton Melnik. Directors of photography: Sergey Trofimov, Rogier Stoffers. Production designer: Dashi Namdakov. Music: Tuomas Kantelinen. Costume designer: Karin Lohr. Editors: Aach Staenberg, Valdis Oskarsdottir. Rated PG-13, 121 minutes.
Long on ethnographic detail and visual splendor but short on narrative coherence, Sergei Bodrov's "Mongol" relates the story of Genghis Khan's early years in a plodding, uninspired fashion that doesn't bode well for the next two entries in a planned trilogy. The film, which snared a best foreign-language film Oscar nomination representing Kazakhstan, feels far longer than its two-hour running time.
Leading Japanese actor Tadanobu Asano plays the leading role of the famous 13th century conqueror, born with the name Temudgin and depicted here as a sensitive soul, loving husband and doting father. The screenplay, written by Bodrov and Arif Aliyev, begins the tale with Temudgin's childhood and his rude introduction to adult responsibilities when his tribal chief father is fatally poisoned by a rival.
It then proceeds to chart Temudgin's personal life -- including his devoted relationship to his wife, Borte (Kulan Chuluun), with whom he becomes betrothed while still a child -- and his rocky road to becoming emperor of the previously divided Mongol tribes, overcoming such early travails as enslavement and banishment along the way.
Despite the film's numerous tender moments, it's clearly the large-scale battle scenes that are its raison d'etre, and they are executed with suitable lavishness and raucous energy. Thankfully employing a minimum of CGI effects, the director lays on the violent gore in loving slo-mo fashion that should well appease action fans annoyed at having to read subtitles.
The film, which ends just as its central figure is about to begin his quest for world domination under his better-known moniker, is best appreciated for its rigorous attention to physical details, from its gorgeous locations to its detailed re-creation of its exotic milieu.Cast: Tadanobu Asano, Honglei Sun, Kulan Chuluun, Odnyam Odsuren, Aliya, Ba Sen, Amadul Mamadakov, Ba Yin. Director: Sergei Bodrov. Screenwriters: Sergie Bodrov, Arif Aliyev. Executive producers: Bob Berney, Bulat Galimgereyev, Alec Schulmann. Producers: Sergey Selyanov, Sergei Bodrov, Anton Melnik. Directors of photography: Sergey Trofimov, Rogier Stoffers. Production designer: Dashi Namdakov. Music: Tuomas Kantelinen. Costume designer: Karin Lohr. Editors: Aach Staenberg, Valdis Oskarsdottir. Rated PG-13, 121 minutes.
MOSCOW -- "Mongol", Sergei Bodrov’s Genghis Khan biopic, which was nominated for a best foreign language film Oscar but lost out to the Austrian film, "The Counterfeiters", has won six Nika Awards, the Russian equivalent of the Oscars.
The win included film, director (Bodrov), cinematography (Sergei Trofimov and Rogier Stoffers), sound design (Stephan Konken, Bruno Tarri?re, Maxim Belovolov), art direction (Dashi Namdakov and Yelena Zhukova) and costumes (Karin Lohr).
The Best Film prize was awarded by Mikhail Shvydkoy, head of the Russian Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography, who remarked, "Finally we have lived long enough to see that the state is no longer in debt to cinema. More films are being shot than there are festivals and prizes. Nevertheless, I hope that [Russian] cinema will remain an art and a mission, and will not be exclusively aimed at commercial success."
The other titles nominated for best film were Alexei Balabanov’s "Cargo 200", Alexei Popogrebsky’s "Simple Things", Vera Storozheva’s "Traveling with Pets" and Anna Melikian’s "The Mermaid".
"The Mermaid", did garner a win for best actress for Masha Shalyayeva, who had previously won best actress at the Kinotavr Festival, Russia’s key forum for domestic films.
The win included film, director (Bodrov), cinematography (Sergei Trofimov and Rogier Stoffers), sound design (Stephan Konken, Bruno Tarri?re, Maxim Belovolov), art direction (Dashi Namdakov and Yelena Zhukova) and costumes (Karin Lohr).
The Best Film prize was awarded by Mikhail Shvydkoy, head of the Russian Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography, who remarked, "Finally we have lived long enough to see that the state is no longer in debt to cinema. More films are being shot than there are festivals and prizes. Nevertheless, I hope that [Russian] cinema will remain an art and a mission, and will not be exclusively aimed at commercial success."
The other titles nominated for best film were Alexei Balabanov’s "Cargo 200", Alexei Popogrebsky’s "Simple Things", Vera Storozheva’s "Traveling with Pets" and Anna Melikian’s "The Mermaid".
"The Mermaid", did garner a win for best actress for Masha Shalyayeva, who had previously won best actress at the Kinotavr Festival, Russia’s key forum for domestic films.
- 3/22/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Screened
Toronto International Film Festival
"The School of Rock" rocks. This audience-pleaser comes from writer Mike White and director Richard Linklater, names usually associated with independent filmmaking. For that matter, the moviemakers have fun with their own filmography as the movie does comic riffs on the world of slackers, disaffected outsiders and other anti-Establishment types. White and Linklater team up with actor-musician Jack Black to create a high-energy comedy that takes its hero seriously when he declares, "I serve society by rocking!" Paramount has a winner in this Scott Rudin production.
"The School of Rock" gets going slowly as the film's first 20 minutes let Black go over the top to establish his slacker credentials. A hapless and aging rocker with no record deal or even next month's rent to show for years devoted to rock 'n' roll, Black's Dewey Finn is in a bad way. On the same day, he gets fired from his own band and receives a none-too-subtle eviction notice from roommate Ned White), egged on by Ned's exasperated girlfriend, Patty (Sarah Silverman).
Desperate to earn some bread, Dewey pretends to be Ned, who works as a substitute schoolteacher. Dewey takes a job for several weeks at a snooty private elementary school run by anal principal Rosalie Mullins (Joan Cusack). Dewey is content to institute daylong recess until he hears his youngsters play in orchestra class. Impulsively, he decides to mold these musical prodigies into a rock band. He junks the curriculum in favor of rock history, rock music appreciation and a pledge of allegiance that gives him "creative control" of the band.
Watching Black's deadbeat rocker teach a class of uniformed, rigidly disciplined youngsters how to adopt nonconformist, antisocial attitudes proves a rich source of comedy. Watching Dewey teach the theory and practice of rock, we realize this guy really does have an instinct for teaching -- as long as the subject inspires his passion. Soon his kids start acting like kids, not miniature adults, and Dewey dons the mantle of adult responsibility for the first time.
The filmmakers threw out a wide casting net to snare talented young musicians and singers to play the preteens in Dewey's high-voltage rock band, kids who can musically "kick ass" and "melt some faces." The young performers all prove up to their acting chores as well. They create forceful personalities, ranging from Joey Gaydos Jr.'s Zack, who really loosens up to get into the physicality of being a lead guitar player, to Maryam Hassan's Tomika, whose rich voice helps her overcome shyness and insecurity, and Miranda Cosgrove's Summer, the band's manager, who switches from books on geometry to those dealing with the economics of music and the career of David Geffen.
The film hits another comic mother lode in the byplay between Black and Cusack when he persuades her to agree to a class "field trip" by playing her favorite rock music in a grunge tavern.
Where this is all headed is imminently predictable, but getting there is no less fun. The climatic debut of the school band, which the youngsters name the School of Rock, is the film's highlight. Black's own rock talents contribute to the socko finish.
Good rock music runs throughout the movie. Some songs were written by Black and White. (Hey, that's a catchy name for a songwriting duo.) The New York band Mooney Suzuki wrote the fictional band's signature song, "School of Rock".
Shot in New York and New Jersey, "The School of Rock" benefits from Rogier Stoffers' fluid cinematography, Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer's theatrical lighting design for the final number and Karen Patch's amusing costumes that transform school uniforms into outlaw garb.
THE SCHOOL OF ROCK
Paramount Pictures
A Scott Rudin production
Credits:
Director: Richard Linklater
Screenwriter: Mike White
Producer: Scott Rudin
Executive producers: Steve Nicolaides, Scott Aversano
Director of photography: Rogier Stoffers
Production designer: Jeremy Conway
Music: Craig Wedren
Costume designer: Karen Patch
Editor: Sandra Adair
Cast:
Dewey Finn: Jack Black
Rosalie Mullins: Joan Cusack
Ned Schneebly: Mike White
Patty: Sarah Silverman
Zack: Joey Gaydos Jr.
Tomika: Maryam Hassan
Freddy: Kevin Clark
Katie: Rebecca Brown
Lawrence: Robert Tsai
Running time -- 108 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
Toronto International Film Festival
"The School of Rock" rocks. This audience-pleaser comes from writer Mike White and director Richard Linklater, names usually associated with independent filmmaking. For that matter, the moviemakers have fun with their own filmography as the movie does comic riffs on the world of slackers, disaffected outsiders and other anti-Establishment types. White and Linklater team up with actor-musician Jack Black to create a high-energy comedy that takes its hero seriously when he declares, "I serve society by rocking!" Paramount has a winner in this Scott Rudin production.
"The School of Rock" gets going slowly as the film's first 20 minutes let Black go over the top to establish his slacker credentials. A hapless and aging rocker with no record deal or even next month's rent to show for years devoted to rock 'n' roll, Black's Dewey Finn is in a bad way. On the same day, he gets fired from his own band and receives a none-too-subtle eviction notice from roommate Ned White), egged on by Ned's exasperated girlfriend, Patty (Sarah Silverman).
Desperate to earn some bread, Dewey pretends to be Ned, who works as a substitute schoolteacher. Dewey takes a job for several weeks at a snooty private elementary school run by anal principal Rosalie Mullins (Joan Cusack). Dewey is content to institute daylong recess until he hears his youngsters play in orchestra class. Impulsively, he decides to mold these musical prodigies into a rock band. He junks the curriculum in favor of rock history, rock music appreciation and a pledge of allegiance that gives him "creative control" of the band.
Watching Black's deadbeat rocker teach a class of uniformed, rigidly disciplined youngsters how to adopt nonconformist, antisocial attitudes proves a rich source of comedy. Watching Dewey teach the theory and practice of rock, we realize this guy really does have an instinct for teaching -- as long as the subject inspires his passion. Soon his kids start acting like kids, not miniature adults, and Dewey dons the mantle of adult responsibility for the first time.
The filmmakers threw out a wide casting net to snare talented young musicians and singers to play the preteens in Dewey's high-voltage rock band, kids who can musically "kick ass" and "melt some faces." The young performers all prove up to their acting chores as well. They create forceful personalities, ranging from Joey Gaydos Jr.'s Zack, who really loosens up to get into the physicality of being a lead guitar player, to Maryam Hassan's Tomika, whose rich voice helps her overcome shyness and insecurity, and Miranda Cosgrove's Summer, the band's manager, who switches from books on geometry to those dealing with the economics of music and the career of David Geffen.
The film hits another comic mother lode in the byplay between Black and Cusack when he persuades her to agree to a class "field trip" by playing her favorite rock music in a grunge tavern.
Where this is all headed is imminently predictable, but getting there is no less fun. The climatic debut of the school band, which the youngsters name the School of Rock, is the film's highlight. Black's own rock talents contribute to the socko finish.
Good rock music runs throughout the movie. Some songs were written by Black and White. (Hey, that's a catchy name for a songwriting duo.) The New York band Mooney Suzuki wrote the fictional band's signature song, "School of Rock".
Shot in New York and New Jersey, "The School of Rock" benefits from Rogier Stoffers' fluid cinematography, Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer's theatrical lighting design for the final number and Karen Patch's amusing costumes that transform school uniforms into outlaw garb.
THE SCHOOL OF ROCK
Paramount Pictures
A Scott Rudin production
Credits:
Director: Richard Linklater
Screenwriter: Mike White
Producer: Scott Rudin
Executive producers: Steve Nicolaides, Scott Aversano
Director of photography: Rogier Stoffers
Production designer: Jeremy Conway
Music: Craig Wedren
Costume designer: Karen Patch
Editor: Sandra Adair
Cast:
Dewey Finn: Jack Black
Rosalie Mullins: Joan Cusack
Ned Schneebly: Mike White
Patty: Sarah Silverman
Zack: Joey Gaydos Jr.
Tomika: Maryam Hassan
Freddy: Kevin Clark
Katie: Rebecca Brown
Lawrence: Robert Tsai
Running time -- 108 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 10/23/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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