Where The Wind Blows
25th August 2023, London UK – Director Philip Yung's eagerly-awaited Where The Wind Blows, featuring two of Asian cinema's biggest stars, is released in UK cinemas from 29th September.
Philip Yung's long-awaited follow-up to the critically acclaimed Port of Call is an ambitious, genre-bending epic loosely based on the rise and fall of the notorious “Four Great Sergeants” in 1960s Hong Kong. The film centres on the friendship and rivalry between two resourceful police detectives, Lui Lok and Nam Kong, who forge dangerous alliances with organised crime.
This first onscreen pairing of superstars Aaron Kwok (Port of Call) and Tony Leung Chiu-wai (Infernal Affairs) also boasts a scene stealing performance from Hong Kong Cinema icon Michael Hui (Godspeed). Director Yung says, “filming my favourite actors and actresses was like I had travelled back in time to grow with the old dreamy, glamorous Hong Kong”.
As well as being a glorious,...
25th August 2023, London UK – Director Philip Yung's eagerly-awaited Where The Wind Blows, featuring two of Asian cinema's biggest stars, is released in UK cinemas from 29th September.
Philip Yung's long-awaited follow-up to the critically acclaimed Port of Call is an ambitious, genre-bending epic loosely based on the rise and fall of the notorious “Four Great Sergeants” in 1960s Hong Kong. The film centres on the friendship and rivalry between two resourceful police detectives, Lui Lok and Nam Kong, who forge dangerous alliances with organised crime.
This first onscreen pairing of superstars Aaron Kwok (Port of Call) and Tony Leung Chiu-wai (Infernal Affairs) also boasts a scene stealing performance from Hong Kong Cinema icon Michael Hui (Godspeed). Director Yung says, “filming my favourite actors and actresses was like I had travelled back in time to grow with the old dreamy, glamorous Hong Kong”.
As well as being a glorious,...
- 8/26/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Young Miko is relaxing on a Saturday afternoon when I reach her on Zoom. Given that she’s about to kick off her first-ever world tour in Guatemala later that night, it’s hardly a regular Saturday, though. “I’m resting as much as I can,” says the Puerto Rican artist, 24. “I’ve been so busy that it wasn’t until two days ago that I realized I’m starting the tour.”
Since releasing her EP Trap Kitty in 2022, Miko has upended the sound of Latin trap with bouncy tracks and incomparable Spanglish lyricism.
Since releasing her EP Trap Kitty in 2022, Miko has upended the sound of Latin trap with bouncy tracks and incomparable Spanglish lyricism.
- 6/26/2023
- by Frances Solá-Santiago
- Rollingstone.com
With the massive popularity following “Train to Busan”, it seems inevitable that other Asian countries are keen to follow suit in offering their own take on the tired zombie genre which explains this current Hong Kong/China co-production. Not only is Alan Lo’s debut feature timed perfectly to coincide with that film’s success, but also finds that mixture of humanity and comedy as prime ingredients to exploit in this new zombie comedy offering.
“Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight” screened at the New York Asian Film Festival
Trying to move on in life, friends Lung and Chi-Yeung are two eccentric hot-blooded young men leading a devil-may-care life that deem themselves heroes who can save the earth, to the annoyance of their friends as all they do is immerse themselves in their own world.
However, Lung can do nothing about things in life that don’t work out as he wishes,...
“Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight” screened at the New York Asian Film Festival
Trying to move on in life, friends Lung and Chi-Yeung are two eccentric hot-blooded young men leading a devil-may-care life that deem themselves heroes who can save the earth, to the annoyance of their friends as all they do is immerse themselves in their own world.
However, Lung can do nothing about things in life that don’t work out as he wishes,...
- 6/11/2019
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Tomorrow is the centenary of the birth of one of cinema’s greatest directors, Ingmar Bergman, and to celebrate, The Criterion Collection has announced of their most expansive releases ever. This November, they will release Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema, a 39-film box set comprising nearly all of his work, including 18 films never before released by Criterion. Curated akin to a film festival, the set features Opening, Centerpiece, and Closing Films, with many double features in between. The set also features 11 introductions and over five hours of interviews with the director himself, six making-of documentaries, a 248-page book, and much more.
As we await for its November 20 release, check out an overview from Criterion below, as well as the box art, the trailer, and the full list of films, in curated order. One can also see much more about each release and the special features on the official site.
With the...
As we await for its November 20 release, check out an overview from Criterion below, as well as the box art, the trailer, and the full list of films, in curated order. One can also see much more about each release and the special features on the official site.
With the...
- 7/13/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The film is based on the real-life 2008 murder of 16-year-old Wong Ka-mui, a mainlander who had moved to Hong Kong and soon after dropped out of school. Wong was strangled when providing sex services and her body wasn’t found, as the killer flushed some parts down the toilet, dumped others at markets and threw her head into the harbor, in a case that drew sensational reporting (source: Far East Film Festival, Tim Youngs). Philip Yung however, does not present the usual crime movie, but instead aims at a character portrait through a rather unusual narrative, for the category.
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Wang Jiamei, a girl from Hunan, arrives in Hong Kong in 2009 to join her mother and sister. After experiencing a shocking suicide attempt by a girl sitting next to her in class, Jiamei decides to leave school and embarks on a number of odd jobs that eventually have...
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Wang Jiamei, a girl from Hunan, arrives in Hong Kong in 2009 to join her mother and sister. After experiencing a shocking suicide attempt by a girl sitting next to her in class, Jiamei decides to leave school and embarks on a number of odd jobs that eventually have...
- 3/2/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: Distribution Workshop picks up Xu Haofeng-directed title.
Hong Kong-based Distribution Workshop has picked up international rights to martial arts action title The Hidden Sword, directed by Xu Haofeng.
Starring Zhang Aoyue (The Final Master), Jessie Li (Port Of Call) and Chen Kuan Tai (14 Blades), the film is currently in post-production for tentative release towards the end of the year.
Based on Xu’s own novella, the film is set in the 1930s when a special sword has helped the Chinese army win the war against Japan. The old man who developed the sword tries to go into hiding with his family, when his martial techniques start to attract too much attention, but eventually the outside world starts to intrude.
A leading martial arts fiction writer, Xu has also directed critically-acclaimed films such as The Sword Identity (2011), Judge Archer (2012) and The Final Master (2015) and co-wrote the screenplay for The Grandmaster (2013) with Wong Kar-wai. The Final Master, which...
Hong Kong-based Distribution Workshop has picked up international rights to martial arts action title The Hidden Sword, directed by Xu Haofeng.
Starring Zhang Aoyue (The Final Master), Jessie Li (Port Of Call) and Chen Kuan Tai (14 Blades), the film is currently in post-production for tentative release towards the end of the year.
Based on Xu’s own novella, the film is set in the 1930s when a special sword has helped the Chinese army win the war against Japan. The old man who developed the sword tries to go into hiding with his family, when his martial techniques start to attract too much attention, but eventually the outside world starts to intrude.
A leading martial arts fiction writer, Xu has also directed critically-acclaimed films such as The Sword Identity (2011), Judge Archer (2012) and The Final Master (2015) and co-wrote the screenplay for The Grandmaster (2013) with Wong Kar-wai. The Final Master, which...
- 5/17/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
There is a thrilling selection of Chinese-language titles at Filmart this year. Liz Shackleton picks out some of the most promising.
With very few Hong Kong or mainland Chinese sellers making the journey to this year’s European Film Market in Berlin, Filmart offers a chance for buyers to catch up with the Chinese-language titles that will be rolled out in the region for the rest of the year.
After serving up the biggest film of the Chinese New Year holiday — Kung Fu Yoga, starring Jackie Chan and directed by Stanley Tong — China’s Sparkle Roll Media has launched a Hong Kong-based sales arm that is selling Ding Sheng’s reboot of the A Better Tomorrow series.
Other high-profile action titles new to market include Distribution Workshop’s Extraordinary Mission, from the creative teams behind the Infernal Affairs and Overheard series, and Huayi Brothers’ crime drama Explosion, starring Duan Yihong.
Previously announced...
With very few Hong Kong or mainland Chinese sellers making the journey to this year’s European Film Market in Berlin, Filmart offers a chance for buyers to catch up with the Chinese-language titles that will be rolled out in the region for the rest of the year.
After serving up the biggest film of the Chinese New Year holiday — Kung Fu Yoga, starring Jackie Chan and directed by Stanley Tong — China’s Sparkle Roll Media has launched a Hong Kong-based sales arm that is selling Ding Sheng’s reboot of the A Better Tomorrow series.
Other high-profile action titles new to market include Distribution Workshop’s Extraordinary Mission, from the creative teams behind the Infernal Affairs and Overheard series, and Huayi Brothers’ crime drama Explosion, starring Duan Yihong.
Previously announced...
- 3/13/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Dragon Gate Zombie Inn is being produced by The Monkey King producer Soi Cheang.
Hong Kong’s Mei Ah Entertainment is launching its slate at Filmart headed by Dragon Gate Zombie Inn, a mash-up of the martial arts and zombie thriller genres from Ip Man [pictured] director Wilson Yip.
Currently in pre-production, the film is set in the desert in the fortress-like Dragon Inn, which becomes ground zero for a zombie invasion. It will be produced by Soi Cheang, who is currently directing Filmko Entertainment’s big-budget fantasy sequel, The Monkey King 3.
Wilson Yip and Soi Cheang will then switch roles on Mei Ah’s sci-fi action title Marauder, which Yip will produce with Cheang directing. The story follows an alien who accidentally lands on Earth and is hunted by humans, while trying to get his spaceship off the ground.
Mei Ah is also selling Philip Yung’s Theory Of Ambitions, his first feature...
Hong Kong’s Mei Ah Entertainment is launching its slate at Filmart headed by Dragon Gate Zombie Inn, a mash-up of the martial arts and zombie thriller genres from Ip Man [pictured] director Wilson Yip.
Currently in pre-production, the film is set in the desert in the fortress-like Dragon Inn, which becomes ground zero for a zombie invasion. It will be produced by Soi Cheang, who is currently directing Filmko Entertainment’s big-budget fantasy sequel, The Monkey King 3.
Wilson Yip and Soi Cheang will then switch roles on Mei Ah’s sci-fi action title Marauder, which Yip will produce with Cheang directing. The story follows an alien who accidentally lands on Earth and is hunted by humans, while trying to get his spaceship off the ground.
Mei Ah is also selling Philip Yung’s Theory Of Ambitions, his first feature...
- 3/12/2017
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Eighty-five countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 89th Academy Awards. Yemen is a first-time entrant.
The 2016 submissions are:
Albania, “Chromium,” Bujar Alimani, director;
Algeria, “The Well,” Lotfi Bouchouchi, director;
Argentina, “The Distinguished Citizen,” Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat, directors;
Australia, “Tanna,” Bentley Dean, Martin Butler, directors;
Austria, “Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe,” Maria Schrader, director;
Bangladesh, “link=tt5510934 auto]The Unnamed[/link],” Tauquir Ahmed, director;
Belgium, “The Ardennes,” Robin Pront, director;
Bolivia, “Sealed Cargo,” Julia Vargas Weise, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Death in Sarajevo,” Danis Tanovic, director;
Brazil, “Little Secret,” David Schurmann, director;
Bulgaria, “Losers,” Ivaylo Hristov, director;
Cambodia, “Before the Fall,” Ian White, director;
Canada, “It’s Only the End of the World,” Xavier Dolan, director;
Chile, “Neruda,” Pablo Larraín, director;
China, “Xuan Zang,” Huo Jianqi, director;
Colombia, “Alias Maria,” José Luis Rugeles, director;
Costa Rica, “About Us,” Hernán Jiménez, director;
Croatia, “On the Other Side,...
The 2016 submissions are:
Albania, “Chromium,” Bujar Alimani, director;
Algeria, “The Well,” Lotfi Bouchouchi, director;
Argentina, “The Distinguished Citizen,” Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat, directors;
Australia, “Tanna,” Bentley Dean, Martin Butler, directors;
Austria, “Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe,” Maria Schrader, director;
Bangladesh, “link=tt5510934 auto]The Unnamed[/link],” Tauquir Ahmed, director;
Belgium, “The Ardennes,” Robin Pront, director;
Bolivia, “Sealed Cargo,” Julia Vargas Weise, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Death in Sarajevo,” Danis Tanovic, director;
Brazil, “Little Secret,” David Schurmann, director;
Bulgaria, “Losers,” Ivaylo Hristov, director;
Cambodia, “Before the Fall,” Ian White, director;
Canada, “It’s Only the End of the World,” Xavier Dolan, director;
Chile, “Neruda,” Pablo Larraín, director;
China, “Xuan Zang,” Huo Jianqi, director;
Colombia, “Alias Maria,” José Luis Rugeles, director;
Costa Rica, “About Us,” Hernán Jiménez, director;
Croatia, “On the Other Side,...
- 10/12/2016
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The official submissions for the foreign language Oscar are in from around the world, and the Academy has deemed a record 85 eligible to compete. Last year, 81 submissions were released theatrically in their home countries between October 1, 2014 and September 30, 2015. (This year’s deadline for submissions was October 3, 2016.)
Several Academy foreign committees comprised of members from all the branches will whittle down the films to a shortlist of nine and finally, five Oscar nominees. (Last year’s winner was Cannes prize-winner “Son of Saul,” directed by Hungarian Lazlo Nemes.) Many countries pick films that do well on the festival circuit as their strongest Oscar contender; others do not.
Politics often intervene: Brazil’s submission was expected to be Cannes competition film “Aquarius,” starring Sonia Braga, but it was embroiled in controversy over filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho’s support of outgoing impeached president Dilma Rousseff. Bruno Barreto’s Brazil selection committee went...
Several Academy foreign committees comprised of members from all the branches will whittle down the films to a shortlist of nine and finally, five Oscar nominees. (Last year’s winner was Cannes prize-winner “Son of Saul,” directed by Hungarian Lazlo Nemes.) Many countries pick films that do well on the festival circuit as their strongest Oscar contender; others do not.
Politics often intervene: Brazil’s submission was expected to be Cannes competition film “Aquarius,” starring Sonia Braga, but it was embroiled in controversy over filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho’s support of outgoing impeached president Dilma Rousseff. Bruno Barreto’s Brazil selection committee went...
- 10/12/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The official submissions for the foreign language Oscar are in from around the world, and the Academy has deemed a record 85 eligible to compete. Last year, 81 submissions were released theatrically in their home countries between October 1, 2014 and September 30, 2015. (This year’s deadline for submissions was October 3, 2016.)
Several Academy foreign committees comprised of members from all the branches will whittle down the films to a shortlist of nine and finally, five Oscar nominees. (Last year’s winner was Cannes prize-winner “Son of Saul,” directed by Hungarian Lazlo Nemes.) Many countries pick films that do well on the festival circuit as their strongest Oscar contender; others do not.
Politics often intervene: Brazil’s submission was expected to be Cannes competition film “Aquarius,” starring Sonia Braga, but it was embroiled in controversy over filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho’s support of outgoing impeached president Dilma Rousseff. Bruno Barreto’s Brazil selection committee went...
Several Academy foreign committees comprised of members from all the branches will whittle down the films to a shortlist of nine and finally, five Oscar nominees. (Last year’s winner was Cannes prize-winner “Son of Saul,” directed by Hungarian Lazlo Nemes.) Many countries pick films that do well on the festival circuit as their strongest Oscar contender; others do not.
Politics often intervene: Brazil’s submission was expected to be Cannes competition film “Aquarius,” starring Sonia Braga, but it was embroiled in controversy over filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho’s support of outgoing impeached president Dilma Rousseff. Bruno Barreto’s Brazil selection committee went...
- 10/12/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Eighty-five countries have submitted a film for consideration in the 60th anniversary year of the foreign language film category.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Science said on Tuesday that this season also marks the first time Yemen has submitted a film, Khadija Al-Salami’s I Am Nojoom, Age 10 And Divorced.
The 89th Oscars will take place on February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood. László Nemes’ Hungarian entry Son Of Saul won the award last February.
Foreign-language Academy Award Submissions
(Country, Title, director)
Albania, Chromium, dir Bujar Alimani;
Algeria, The Well, Lotfi Bouchouchi;
Argentina, The Distinguished Citizen, Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat;
Australia, Tanna, Bentley Dean, Martin Butler;
Austria, Stefan Zweig: Farewell To Europe, Maria Schrader;
Bangladesh, The Unnamed, Tauquir Ahmed;
Belgium, The Ardennes, Robin Pront;
Bolivia, Sealed Cargo, Julia Vargas Weise;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Death In Sarajevo, Danis Tanovic;
Brazil, Little Secret, David Schurmann.
Bulgaria, Losers, [link...
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Science said on Tuesday that this season also marks the first time Yemen has submitted a film, Khadija Al-Salami’s I Am Nojoom, Age 10 And Divorced.
The 89th Oscars will take place on February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood. László Nemes’ Hungarian entry Son Of Saul won the award last February.
Foreign-language Academy Award Submissions
(Country, Title, director)
Albania, Chromium, dir Bujar Alimani;
Algeria, The Well, Lotfi Bouchouchi;
Argentina, The Distinguished Citizen, Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat;
Australia, Tanna, Bentley Dean, Martin Butler;
Austria, Stefan Zweig: Farewell To Europe, Maria Schrader;
Bangladesh, The Unnamed, Tauquir Ahmed;
Belgium, The Ardennes, Robin Pront;
Bolivia, Sealed Cargo, Julia Vargas Weise;
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Death In Sarajevo, Danis Tanovic;
Brazil, Little Secret, David Schurmann.
Bulgaria, Losers, [link...
- 10/11/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The submitted motion pictures must be first released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 October 2015 and 30 September 2016. The deadline for submissions is 3 October 2016.
During the latest years and after 2008, when Yojiro Takita’s “Departures” won the award, there has not been much success for Se Asian films. The only film from the region that made the final five nominations was the Cambodian “The Missing Picture”, by Rithy Path. It did not won though, and its primary language was French.
However, it is always interesting to find out which film each country considers its most worthy to win an Oscar, so here is the list of this year’s Se Asian nominations.
S. Korea chooses Warner Bros.
The Korean Film Council selected Age of Shadows. You can read all about it here.
Japan sends a Yojiro Takita’s film, once more.
The Motion Pictures Producers Association of Japan submitted Living with My Mother by Yojiro Takita.
During the latest years and after 2008, when Yojiro Takita’s “Departures” won the award, there has not been much success for Se Asian films. The only film from the region that made the final five nominations was the Cambodian “The Missing Picture”, by Rithy Path. It did not won though, and its primary language was French.
However, it is always interesting to find out which film each country considers its most worthy to win an Oscar, so here is the list of this year’s Se Asian nominations.
S. Korea chooses Warner Bros.
The Korean Film Council selected Age of Shadows. You can read all about it here.
Japan sends a Yojiro Takita’s film, once more.
The Motion Pictures Producers Association of Japan submitted Living with My Mother by Yojiro Takita.
- 9/25/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Yesterday at an unusually tense and controversial Ophir Awards ceremony, Sand Storm won the Israeli Oscar and will thus be Israel's Oscar submission. The debut female director Elite Zexer, giving the last acceptance speech of the evening, spoke about how she employed Jews, Muslims, and Christians on the picture.
Though I already think Israel should have won the Oscar in this category (for Late Marriage which was submitted but not nominated in the year of Amelie and No Man's Land) and they've had high quality films in the mix before, I'm a little cool on this particular picture. Ah well, you can't love everything!
The UK's submission is a horror thriller set in IranAs more and more titles are announced for the Foreign Oscar Race, the variety of genres keeps growing, too. We have animated films, horror thrillers, docu-fiction hybrids, political dramas, romantic comedies, crime films, as well as submissions...
Though I already think Israel should have won the Oscar in this category (for Late Marriage which was submitted but not nominated in the year of Amelie and No Man's Land) and they've had high quality films in the mix before, I'm a little cool on this particular picture. Ah well, you can't love everything!
The UK's submission is a horror thriller set in IranAs more and more titles are announced for the Foreign Oscar Race, the variety of genres keeps growing, too. We have animated films, horror thrillers, docu-fiction hybrids, political dramas, romantic comedies, crime films, as well as submissions...
- 9/24/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Hong Kong selects Port Of Call, India opts for Interrogation and Pakistan picks Mar E Mir for best foreign-language film submissions.
Hong Kong’s Motion Picture Industry Association (Mpia) has chosen Philip Yung’s Port Of Call as its submission for the best foreign-language film category of the Academy Awards.
The award-winning drama, which is based on the true story of the murder of a teenaged prostitute, premiered as the opening film of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hkiff) in 2015.
The Mpia revealed that the film was chosen from a shortlist that also included Stephen Chow’s The Mermaid, Benny Chan’s Call Of Heroes, Chan Chi-fat’s Weeds On Fire and Steve Yuen’s Heaven In The Dark.
Meanwhile, the Film Federation of India has selected Vetrimaaran’s Tamil-language Interrogation (Visaranai) as India’s Oscar submission. The film, which premiered at Venice in 2015, revolves around a group of labourers from the Indian state of Tamil...
Hong Kong’s Motion Picture Industry Association (Mpia) has chosen Philip Yung’s Port Of Call as its submission for the best foreign-language film category of the Academy Awards.
The award-winning drama, which is based on the true story of the murder of a teenaged prostitute, premiered as the opening film of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hkiff) in 2015.
The Mpia revealed that the film was chosen from a shortlist that also included Stephen Chow’s The Mermaid, Benny Chan’s Call Of Heroes, Chan Chi-fat’s Weeds On Fire and Steve Yuen’s Heaven In The Dark.
Meanwhile, the Film Federation of India has selected Vetrimaaran’s Tamil-language Interrogation (Visaranai) as India’s Oscar submission. The film, which premiered at Venice in 2015, revolves around a group of labourers from the Indian state of Tamil...
- 9/22/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
The other title for this might have been Bad Politician (With a Good Heart): Port of Call New Orleans
"Nicolas Cage Gets Serious About the Bp Oil Spill In the The Runner Trailer" was originally published on Film School Rejects for our wonderful readers to enjoy. It is not intended to be reproduced on other websites. If you aren't reading this in your favorite RSS reader or on Film School Rejects, you're being bamboozled. We hope you'll come find us and enjoy the best articles about movies, television and culture right from the source.
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- 6/17/2015
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Say what you want about Nic Cage, you gotta admit he is the hardest working man in Hollywood. Sure, most of these erstwhile (often Direct-to-dvd) efforts Cage has been associated with (Drive Angry, Rage, Trespass, Stolen, Season Of The Witch, Frozen Ground, Left Behind..….wow, it’s a long, long list) fall squarely in the sub-b-movie category, but there is the occasional diamond in the rough. Last year’s Joe made my top ten list and the work he did in Bad Lieutenant Port Of Call should have won awards. In his newest, the 12th-century China-set adventure Outcast, Cage plays “The White Ghost” and time he isn’t the leading hero. And it’s no gem. Hayden Christensen, the blank slate blamed for crippling the second wave of Star Wars films is the main protagonist of Outcast and he plays Jacob, the stoical, taciturn, gritty, wandering badass with measured assurance.
- 4/8/2015
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Editor's Note: RogerEbert.com is proud to reprint Roger Ebert's 1978 entry from the Encyclopedia Britannica publication "The Great Ideas Today," part of "The Great Books of the Western World." Reprinted with permission from The Great Ideas Today ©1978 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
It's a measure of how completely the Internet has transformed communication that I need to explain, for the benefit of some younger readers, what encyclopedias were: bound editions summing up all available knowledge, delivered to one's home in handsome bound editions. The "Great Books" series zeroed in on books about history, poetry, natural science, math and other fields of study; the "Great Ideas" series was meant to tie all the ideas together, and that was the mission given to Roger when he undertook this piece about film.
Given the venue he was writing for, it's probably wisest to look at Roger's long, wide-ranging piece as a snapshot of the...
It's a measure of how completely the Internet has transformed communication that I need to explain, for the benefit of some younger readers, what encyclopedias were: bound editions summing up all available knowledge, delivered to one's home in handsome bound editions. The "Great Books" series zeroed in on books about history, poetry, natural science, math and other fields of study; the "Great Ideas" series was meant to tie all the ideas together, and that was the mission given to Roger when he undertook this piece about film.
Given the venue he was writing for, it's probably wisest to look at Roger's long, wide-ranging piece as a snapshot of the...
- 2/12/2015
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
Main Street during The Telluride Film Festival
The Telluride Film Festival seemingly appears overnight against the gorgeous backdrop of rugged mountains. It lasts just four days but in fact it takes more than a month of intensive labor to transform the elementary school, high school, hockey rink, library, the park in the middle of town and a masonic temple into theaters. Now in its 41st year,up until recently this hallowed Labor Day weekend event has long been a quiet fixture on the festival circuit. As most of the festival world knows, the escalating word of mouth about the quality of Telluride’s unofficial premieres caused the Toronto International Film Festival to issue an ultimatum to those hoping to land choice spots in the fall line-up: if you choose to screen at Telluride first, your film will be pushed back on Tiff’s slate. Realistically- Toronto has little to fear from Telluride besides buzz.
The Telluride Film Festival seemingly appears overnight against the gorgeous backdrop of rugged mountains. It lasts just four days but in fact it takes more than a month of intensive labor to transform the elementary school, high school, hockey rink, library, the park in the middle of town and a masonic temple into theaters. Now in its 41st year,up until recently this hallowed Labor Day weekend event has long been a quiet fixture on the festival circuit. As most of the festival world knows, the escalating word of mouth about the quality of Telluride’s unofficial premieres caused the Toronto International Film Festival to issue an ultimatum to those hoping to land choice spots in the fall line-up: if you choose to screen at Telluride first, your film will be pushed back on Tiff’s slate. Realistically- Toronto has little to fear from Telluride besides buzz.
- 8/26/2014
- by Lane Scarberry
- SoundOnSight
Ever since his Academy Award-winning turn in Raising Arizona, Nicolas Cage has taken on a few decent roles (including in Adaptation. and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans) and lots of bizarre ones (including in meritless pieces of dreck like Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and the upcoming Rage). However, he may be in for a career resurgence thanks to his amazing performance in Joe, which is no doubt one of the best films the actor has ever been associated with. And as the film prepares to hit Blu-Ray and DVD on June 17th, we’re pleased to be able to exclusively share with you a clip from “The Making of Joe” featurette.
In the film, from director David Gordon Green, Cage gives a tour-de-force performance as the titular character, an ex-convict who takes a young boy (Tye Sheridan) under his wing and is eventually faced with a...
In the film, from director David Gordon Green, Cage gives a tour-de-force performance as the titular character, an ex-convict who takes a young boy (Tye Sheridan) under his wing and is eventually faced with a...
- 6/16/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
If you’ve seen enough of Nicolas Cage’s less prestigious work, you’re probably familiar with a phenomenon known as Cage Rage — bombastic, almost operatic outrage and violence that can be easily dismissed or analyzed from an academic perspective. I’m talking about movies like Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call — New Orleans, The Wicker Man, and Drive Angry, to say nothing of the cartoon-y Ghost Rider movies. So kudos to the crew that simply titled his next movie Rage.
In a script that heavily evokes the recent spate of Liam Neeson revenge thrillers, Cage plays a man with...
In a script that heavily evokes the recent spate of Liam Neeson revenge thrillers, Cage plays a man with...
- 6/4/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
For a while now, many have deemed RoboCop to be popular culture’s most recognisable crime-fighting characters of all time. In line with its Limited Edition Blu-ray Steelbook, Blu-ray and DVD release on 9th June 2014 from StudioCanal, we count down – not only the 10 most recognisable crime-fighters – but best ten the entertainment world has had to offer…
Dirty Harry
Appearances: Dirty Harry (1971), Magnum Force (1973), The Enforcer (1976), Sudden Impact (1983), The Dead Pool (1988)
Played by: Clint Eastwood
It’s quite impressive that Clint Eastwood has played Harry Callahan, his defining cop not afraid to cross ethical boundaries to serve justice, a total of five times over his illustrious career. An Inspector with the San Francisco police department, his primary concern is to protect and avenge the victims of violent crime by any means necessary.
Popeye Doyle
Appearances: The French Connection (1971), French Connection II (1975)
Played by:Gene Hackman
Based on real-life New York City police detective Eddie Egan,...
Dirty Harry
Appearances: Dirty Harry (1971), Magnum Force (1973), The Enforcer (1976), Sudden Impact (1983), The Dead Pool (1988)
Played by: Clint Eastwood
It’s quite impressive that Clint Eastwood has played Harry Callahan, his defining cop not afraid to cross ethical boundaries to serve justice, a total of five times over his illustrious career. An Inspector with the San Francisco police department, his primary concern is to protect and avenge the victims of violent crime by any means necessary.
Popeye Doyle
Appearances: The French Connection (1971), French Connection II (1975)
Played by:Gene Hackman
Based on real-life New York City police detective Eddie Egan,...
- 5/26/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
★★★★★The extremities of the human psyche have for decades fascinated Bavarian auteur Werner Herzog; from the gleeful revolt of Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970) right through to the drug-fuelled excesses of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009). More than one of the crowning achievements of his fiction filmography centres on the wild-eyed Klaus Kinski, who appeared in five of Herzog films as well as being the subject of the documentary, My Best Fiend (1999). The first and arguably the best of these collaborations was on a trek into the veritable heart of darkness in the exquisite Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972), which now arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of the BFI.
- 5/19/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: June 3, 2014
Price: DVD $14.93, Blu-ray $19.97
Studio: Cinedigm
Emile Hirsch (Bonnie & Clyde) and Stephen Dorff (Immortals) are brothers in trouble in independent film The Motel Life.
The drama movie is based on the novel by Willy Vlautin and focuses on Frank (Hirsch) and Jerry Lee (Dorff) who are forced to race across the state to the home of Frank’s old girlfriend Annie (Dakota Fanning, The Runaways) after Jerry Lee is involved in a hit and run accident.
Although they seem safe from the law, Jerry Lee becomes increasing instable from grief, putting them all at risk.
Featuring animation from award-winner Mike Smith (ParaNorman), The Motel Life is the first feature film directed by Alan Polsky and Gabe Polsky, producers of The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call — New Orleans.
Kris Kristofferson (Deadfall) also stars in the indie film, which got plenty of love from critics. Hollywood Reporter...
Price: DVD $14.93, Blu-ray $19.97
Studio: Cinedigm
Emile Hirsch (Bonnie & Clyde) and Stephen Dorff (Immortals) are brothers in trouble in independent film The Motel Life.
The drama movie is based on the novel by Willy Vlautin and focuses on Frank (Hirsch) and Jerry Lee (Dorff) who are forced to race across the state to the home of Frank’s old girlfriend Annie (Dakota Fanning, The Runaways) after Jerry Lee is involved in a hit and run accident.
Although they seem safe from the law, Jerry Lee becomes increasing instable from grief, putting them all at risk.
Featuring animation from award-winner Mike Smith (ParaNorman), The Motel Life is the first feature film directed by Alan Polsky and Gabe Polsky, producers of The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call — New Orleans.
Kris Kristofferson (Deadfall) also stars in the indie film, which got plenty of love from critics. Hollywood Reporter...
- 5/8/2014
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
While speaking to an audience of journalists, Nicolas Cage said that "it really sucks to be famous right now," referring to how some critics tend to review his films not based on the quality of the film, but on his personal life. "The critic who reviewed 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call . New Orleans,' incorporated how many homes I bought or sold into the review," he said. "What the hell does Lindsay Lohan's personal life have to do with her performance in 'The Canyons'? It should always be about the work itself. In my opinion, I don't want to see personal aspects of someone's life eclipse [their] work." Cage continued: "I started acting because I wanted to be James Dean. I saw him in 'Rebel Without a Cause,' 'East of Eden.' Nothing affected me . no rock song, no classical music . the way Dean affected in 'Eden.
- 3/17/2014
- WorstPreviews.com
Actor bemoans era of the 'celebutard' and slams critics for focusing on actors' personal lives instead of their acting
• Read more about film at SXSW
• Read a review of Joe
Nicolas Cage has said film critics must try harder to ignore an actor's fame when reviewing movies, or risk contributing to a culture where artists are known only for their celebrity and not their work in front of the camera.
Speaking at the SXSW festival in Austin, Cage lamented his own notoriety and the way it affected how his films are perceived. The actors who inspired him to learn his art, he suggested, didn't face the same indignity.
"I started acting because I wanted to be James Dean," Cage told an audience of journalists. "I saw him in Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden. Nothing affected me – no rock song, no classical music – the way Dean affected in 'Eden'.
• Read more about film at SXSW
• Read a review of Joe
Nicolas Cage has said film critics must try harder to ignore an actor's fame when reviewing movies, or risk contributing to a culture where artists are known only for their celebrity and not their work in front of the camera.
Speaking at the SXSW festival in Austin, Cage lamented his own notoriety and the way it affected how his films are perceived. The actors who inspired him to learn his art, he suggested, didn't face the same indignity.
"I started acting because I wanted to be James Dean," Cage told an audience of journalists. "I saw him in Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden. Nothing affected me – no rock song, no classical music – the way Dean affected in 'Eden'.
- 3/11/2014
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Odd List Ryan Lambie Simon Brew 20 Feb 2014 - 05:40
The unloved films of 2009 provide the focus in our final list of the 2000s' overlooked greats...
The year 2009 will partly be remembered as the year Avatar dominating the box office, with audiences flocking to see James Cameron's leafy pulp epic in shimmering 3D. Making almost $2.8bn worldwide, Avatar was a true behemoth, besting Cameron's own Titanic as the highest-grossing film of all time (not adjusted for inflation) and hastening a rush of 3D films in the years that followed.
Films such as 2012, Sherlock Holmes and boozy comedy The Hangover were also among the top 10, but as always, some of the most memorable and individual films of the year were far from the most financially successful. So to round off our series of underrated flicks of the 2000s, here's our selection of 2009's overlooked films...
25. A Perfect Getaway
A really good,...
The unloved films of 2009 provide the focus in our final list of the 2000s' overlooked greats...
The year 2009 will partly be remembered as the year Avatar dominating the box office, with audiences flocking to see James Cameron's leafy pulp epic in shimmering 3D. Making almost $2.8bn worldwide, Avatar was a true behemoth, besting Cameron's own Titanic as the highest-grossing film of all time (not adjusted for inflation) and hastening a rush of 3D films in the years that followed.
Films such as 2012, Sherlock Holmes and boozy comedy The Hangover were also among the top 10, but as always, some of the most memorable and individual films of the year were far from the most financially successful. So to round off our series of underrated flicks of the 2000s, here's our selection of 2009's overlooked films...
25. A Perfect Getaway
A really good,...
- 2/19/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
• Russell Brand, Sasha Pieterse (Pretty Little Liars), and Austin Abrams (The InBetweeners) are reportedly in talks to star in Vernon God Little for director Werner Herzog (The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans). Based on Dbc Pierre’s Booker Prize-winning novel, the story is a dark, satirical portrait of a Texas town in the aftermath of a school shooting told from the point of view of its 15-year-old protagonist. [The Wrap]
• Jay Baruchel (This Is the End) is set to star in and produce an adaptation of Stephen King’s The Ten O’Clock People. Fright Night’s Tom Holland...
• Jay Baruchel (This Is the End) is set to star in and produce an adaptation of Stephen King’s The Ten O’Clock People. Fright Night’s Tom Holland...
- 2/7/2014
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
A small plane crashes in a lake along the U.S.-Canadian border, and over the next few hours a group of drug-runners led by a militant vegan named Xander (Jean-Claude Van Damme) descend on a nearby island in order to retrieve the cargo. The only things standing in their way are a park ranger named Henry (Tom Everett Scott) and a mysterious visitor named Clay (Orlando Jones) who’s on a mission of revenge. Oh, and Xander’s lack of anything resembling a well thought out plan may also pose a bit of problem. Enemies Closer is a perfectly serviceable, low-budget action picture that is at its best whenever Van Damme is onscreen. He’s channeling Nicolas Cage circa Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans, and he chews his way through every scene with a gleefully manic energy. The bad news though is that scenes without him are slight at best and insufferable at...
- 1/30/2014
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
In The Motel Life, Emile Hirsch and Stephen Dorff play two brothers, Frank and Jerry, who are living a lonesome country tune’s tale, with specific accents on their bad luck. When Jerry becomes involved in a hit-and-run accident, the two flee their Reno motel for some type of other home, continuing their existence as whiskey-drinking, fantasy-drawing vagabonds. Dakota Fanning stars as Hirsch’s fixation, Annie James, and Kris Kristofferson appears for a few scenes as their working-class daddy figure Earl Hurley. The Motel Life is based on the novel by Willy Vlautin.
Featuring two raggedy performances from the nicely paired Dorff and Hirsch, The Motel Life is a drama that functions well with its influences, namely the Coen Brothers’ romanticism of cold, bad luck, and bits of Paul Thomas Anderson’s own debut Hard Eight.
The Polsky Brothers made their break into the business with their producing work on...
Featuring two raggedy performances from the nicely paired Dorff and Hirsch, The Motel Life is a drama that functions well with its influences, namely the Coen Brothers’ romanticism of cold, bad luck, and bits of Paul Thomas Anderson’s own debut Hard Eight.
The Polsky Brothers made their break into the business with their producing work on...
- 11/8/2013
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Nicolas Cage is once again playing a hard-drinker in his latest film, Joe, premiering in competition at the Venice Film Festival, but his approach to the role has evolved since his Oscar-winning performance inLeaving Las Vegas.
For the 1995 role of suicidal alcoholic Ben Sanderson, Cage said he was "exploring all ways of finding the honesty of the performance. And if that meant drinking, and videotaping myself drinking, and get ideas about that, I was going to do that."
But that was another time.
"I was completely not doing anything and hadn't done anything for a while" when he played a pain killer-addicted detective in Werner Herzog's 2009 Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call- New Orleans, which premiered in Venice. "It was more a sensory recall of the past," he said, "and trying to find what those feelings might have been like. And I was happy with those results."
For the title role in Joe,...
For the 1995 role of suicidal alcoholic Ben Sanderson, Cage said he was "exploring all ways of finding the honesty of the performance. And if that meant drinking, and videotaping myself drinking, and get ideas about that, I was going to do that."
But that was another time.
"I was completely not doing anything and hadn't done anything for a while" when he played a pain killer-addicted detective in Werner Herzog's 2009 Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call- New Orleans, which premiered in Venice. "It was more a sensory recall of the past," he said, "and trying to find what those feelings might have been like. And I was happy with those results."
For the title role in Joe,...
- 8/30/2013
- by Cineplex.com and contributors
- Cineplex
Nicolas Cage has reportedly signed up for an upcoming indie movie titled Lost Melody.
The project will be directed by Bad Santa's Terry Zwigoff and produced by American Psycho's Edward Pressman, reports The Wrap.
Cage will play a man who's stuck in a loveless marriage and falls in love with a prostitute.
Terry Zwigoff has co-written the script with Melissa Axelrod.
Pressman recently teamed up with Cage on Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans.
"When considering a project, I think it most important that the director and the film live in the same universe and Terry certainly achieves this with Lost Melody," Pressman said.
"I've always wanted to work with Terry and am excited to be teaming on a wonderful darkly-funny drama in the tradition of such classics as The Blue Angel and Sunset Boulevard."
Zwigoff is also known for the cult...
The project will be directed by Bad Santa's Terry Zwigoff and produced by American Psycho's Edward Pressman, reports The Wrap.
Cage will play a man who's stuck in a loveless marriage and falls in love with a prostitute.
Terry Zwigoff has co-written the script with Melissa Axelrod.
Pressman recently teamed up with Cage on Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans.
"When considering a project, I think it most important that the director and the film live in the same universe and Terry certainly achieves this with Lost Melody," Pressman said.
"I've always wanted to work with Terry and am excited to be teaming on a wonderful darkly-funny drama in the tradition of such classics as The Blue Angel and Sunset Boulevard."
Zwigoff is also known for the cult...
- 7/4/2013
- Digital Spy
You hear a lot about Nicolas Cage these days, and most of the time it is not flattering. Mr. Cage has gone downhill so rapidly that we sometimes forget that he’s actually an Oscar winner and was once, long ago, a very good actor.
Today, Cage has signed on to play the lead in Lost Melody, a love story about a man and a prostitute.
Lost Melody is being directed by Terry Zwigoff (Bad Santa) and produced by Edward R. Pressman (American Psycho, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans). The story, such as it is right now, concerns a man trapped in a bad marriage who falls for a prostitute. We assume that Nicolas Cage plays the man and not the prostitute. Although, that could be really interesting.
Pressman has described Lost Melody as a ‘darkly-funny drama in the tradition of such classics as The Blue Angel and Sunset Boulevard.
Today, Cage has signed on to play the lead in Lost Melody, a love story about a man and a prostitute.
Lost Melody is being directed by Terry Zwigoff (Bad Santa) and produced by Edward R. Pressman (American Psycho, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans). The story, such as it is right now, concerns a man trapped in a bad marriage who falls for a prostitute. We assume that Nicolas Cage plays the man and not the prostitute. Although, that could be really interesting.
Pressman has described Lost Melody as a ‘darkly-funny drama in the tradition of such classics as The Blue Angel and Sunset Boulevard.
- 7/2/2013
- by Lauren Humphries-Brooks
- We Got This Covered
It’s been seven long years since a Terry Zwigoff-helmed film has graced the silver screen -- 2006’s “Art School Confidential” was his last effort, which he said “nearly ended [his] career for good” -- but hot on the heels of his recently announced film with Fred Armisen, Zwigoff is mounting a second film and it looks like he has the interest of the incomparable Nicolas Cage. The Wrap is reporting that Cage is talks to star in “Lost Melody.” Set to be directed by Zwigoff -- and co-written by himself and Melissa Axelrod -- Cage would “play a man who’s trapped in a marriage to a shrewish wife and falls in love with a prostitute.” “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans” aside, Cage’s filmography has been mired with dreck lately but with David Gordon Green’s “Joe” on the horizon and now this, is...
- 7/2/2013
- by Cain Rodriguez
- The Playlist
Overlooked and Underrated Week concludes at Trailers from Hell with screenwriter Josh Olson introducing Werner Herzog's beautifully bizarre Nicolas Cage-starrer, "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call -- New Orleans."Herzog's non-sequel to Abel Ferrera's Bad Lieutenant is one of the wildest flyers a director has taken with someone else's material, especially considering it's completely divorced from the original. It's certainly weird, and not since star Nic Cage devoured a cockroach in Vampire's Kiss has he gone so far out on an acting limb--even sawing it off as you watch. And has anyone noticed that Val Kilmer's co-starring role seems to have almost vanished in the editing room?...
- 4/19/2013
- by Trailers From Hell
- Thompson on Hollywood
James McAvoy has never had much trouble playing it over the top and it looks like he's settled into the level of intensity just fine for Filth, an adaptation of Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh's novel. It boils down to a mix between Danny Boyle's Trainspotting and Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant (and maybe a little bit of Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call), which could make for a damn fun (and potentially scary) time at the movies. Filth co-stars Imogen Poots, Eddie Marsan, and Jamie...
- 4/11/2013
- by Paul Shirey
- JoBlo.com
Ever since Training Day started making Eva Mendes a household Hollywood name, the actress has been assembling quite the film catalogue, accompanied by a ever-so-lovely reputation. While I love her roles in Once Upon A Time In Mexico and Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call – New Orleans, she’s more prominently known for films like Ghost Rider, Hitch, and The Other Guys – and her next role in the upcoming festival hit The Place Beyond The Pines will only add another high-point to her already accomplished career.
While promoting Derek Cianfrance’s new film in New York recently, I was able to sit down for a round-table interview with the wonderfully pleasant starlet and talk about her emotionally taxing role in The Place Beyond The Pines. Read on to hear Eva talk about her experiences as a mother on the film, the strong dramatic story which pushes her character, and of...
While promoting Derek Cianfrance’s new film in New York recently, I was able to sit down for a round-table interview with the wonderfully pleasant starlet and talk about her emotionally taxing role in The Place Beyond The Pines. Read on to hear Eva talk about her experiences as a mother on the film, the strong dramatic story which pushes her character, and of...
- 3/25/2013
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Jude Law and Naomi Watts haven't worked together since David O. Russell's 2004 film I Heart Huckabees, but now they're getting set for a reunion thanks to Werner Herzog. News out of the American Film Market says that Law is the latest actor to join the cast of Queen of the Desert, Herzog's upcoming biopic about Gertrude Bell. THR, which reported the casting news, doesn't say what role Law will be playing, but Watts is set to headline as Bell while Twilight star Robert Pattinson will portray the great T.E. Lawrence, a.k.a. Lawrence of Arabia. Bell was an archaeologist, writer and explorer who worked as an attache for the British Empire and was a major figure in the formation of the Middle East as we know it today. The film will be Herzog's first non-documentary feature film since 2009 when he released both Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call...
- 11/3/2012
- cinemablend.com
File this one under “things we never knew wanted to happen, but thank God they are,” as THR reports that David Gordon Green will direct Nicolas Cage in Gary Hawkins‘ adaptation of Larry Brown‘s novel, Joe. Cage will star as the eponymous Joe, “an ex-con who becomes the unlikeliest of role models to 15-year-old Gary Jones, the oldest child of a homeless family ruled by a drunk, worthless father. Together they try to find a path to redemption and the hope for a better life in the rugged, dirty world of small town Mississippi.” The “gritty” Southern tale sounds like a return to form for the director, who started his career with such similiarly gritty films like George Washington and Undertow before making the move to more mainstream comedic fare like Pineapple Express, Your Highness, and The Sitter. If this signals a sea change or a happy medium for the filmmaker, we...
- 9/8/2012
- by Kate Erbland
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Title: Rites of Spring Director: Padraig Reynolds (‘Green Arrow Fan Film,’ ‘The Election’) Starring: Aj Bowen (‘The Signal,’ ‘The House of the Devil’), Anessa Ramsey (‘The Signal,’ ‘Footloose (2011)’) and Marco St. John (‘The Campaign,’ ‘The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call-New Orleans’) The best horror and thriller films are often believed to be those with larger budgets that feature multiple, daring action sequences and stunts. The genres, which both feature movies that have garnered critical and box office acclaim, are rarely combined, as their elements are so drastically different. But the new film ‘Rites of Spring,’ which hits select theaters and IFC Midnight Cable VOD and Digital Outlets tomorrow, not [ Read More ]...
- 7/26/2012
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
by Ryan Rigley
Bold. Brash. Bees. These are but a few of the many things that come to mind when one thinks of the magnificence that is Nicolas Cage, a man almost too bizarre for words. With "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" hitting theaters today (February 17), audiences across the country are gearing up for another installment of the motorcycled madman’s high speed hijinks.
Nicolas Cage talks "Ghost Rider" sequel
In addition, Cage himself has expressed the desire to make a sequel to "The Wicker Man" not long ago, stating “I would like to take ‘The Wicker Man’ to Japan, except this time he’s a ghost.” So, let me get this straight. Nicolas Cage… as a ghost… in Japan for some reason? Yes, please!
It seems as though Mr. Cage has a serious case of "sequel syndrome" as of late. And what better way to celebrate than with our...
Bold. Brash. Bees. These are but a few of the many things that come to mind when one thinks of the magnificence that is Nicolas Cage, a man almost too bizarre for words. With "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" hitting theaters today (February 17), audiences across the country are gearing up for another installment of the motorcycled madman’s high speed hijinks.
Nicolas Cage talks "Ghost Rider" sequel
In addition, Cage himself has expressed the desire to make a sequel to "The Wicker Man" not long ago, stating “I would like to take ‘The Wicker Man’ to Japan, except this time he’s a ghost.” So, let me get this straight. Nicolas Cage… as a ghost… in Japan for some reason? Yes, please!
It seems as though Mr. Cage has a serious case of "sequel syndrome" as of late. And what better way to celebrate than with our...
- 2/17/2012
- by MTV Movies Team
- MTV Movies Blog
Investors in the 2009 Nicolas Cage film Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call—New Orleans have filed a lawsuit against Nu Image and First Look Studios, claiming that proceeds from the motion picture have not been shared and that top executives have siphoned off revenue. Polsky Films, a film production outfit founded by brothers Alan and Gabe Polsky, filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court. According to the complaint, Polsky put up $1.3 million to finance the print and advertising budget for the U.S. distribution of the film. The financing agreement allegedly stipulated that Nu Image and First Look
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- 12/9/2011
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rampart
Directed by: Oren Moverman
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright
Rating: R
Release Date: January 27, 2012
Trailer Score: 8/10
Thoughts by Tsr: Early on, the trailer promises Harrelson plays “the most corrupt cop you’ve ever seen on screen.” Hopefully the reviewer knows I’ve seen Bad Lieutenant and Werner Herzog’s crazier Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans.
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Directed by: Oren Moverman
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright
Rating: R
Release Date: January 27, 2012
Trailer Score: 8/10
Thoughts by Tsr: Early on, the trailer promises Harrelson plays “the most corrupt cop you’ve ever seen on screen.” Hopefully the reviewer knows I’ve seen Bad Lieutenant and Werner Herzog’s crazier Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans.
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- 12/6/2011
- by Megan Lehar
- The Scorecard Review
The trailer for Rampart has Woody Harrelson playing “the most corrupt cop you’ve ever seen on screen” – that’s if you never saw Harvey Keitel in Bad Lieutenant or Nicolas Cage in The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans. Still, this movie looks intense and Harrelson as always place a menace like no other (see Natural Born Killers). There is Oscar buzz for his roll, which looking at the trailer below, is very exciting and possibly deserved.
The film also stars Ned Beatty, Ice Cube, Ben Foster, Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright and Steve Buscemi.
Los Angeles, 1999. Officer Dave Brown (Woody Harrelson) is a Vietnam vet and a Rampart Precinct cop, dedicated to doing “the people’s dirty work” and asserting his own code of justice, often blurring the lines between right and wrong to maintain his action-hero state of mind. When he gets...
The film also stars Ned Beatty, Ice Cube, Ben Foster, Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright and Steve Buscemi.
Los Angeles, 1999. Officer Dave Brown (Woody Harrelson) is a Vietnam vet and a Rampart Precinct cop, dedicated to doing “the people’s dirty work” and asserting his own code of justice, often blurring the lines between right and wrong to maintain his action-hero state of mind. When he gets...
- 11/21/2011
- by Graham
- City of Films
I didn't hear all that much about Rampart when it premiered at Tiff earlier this year, but it has since been picked up by Millennium Entertainment and has started being promoted as a potential Oscar contender. Directed by Oren Moverman (The Messenger), the movie stars Woody Harrelson as "the most corrupt cop you've ever seen on screen." I'm not sure if that quote actually comes from a critic's review or if Millennium just came up with it themselves, but it's certainly attention grabbing and more than a little ballsy. Especially considering that Millennium also released Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans just a couple of years ago. I liked Moverman's first film The Messenger quite a bit and also thought Woody Harrelson was good in it, but he was sort of overshadowed by Ben Foster. This time around Harrelson is clearly the star of the show, although Ben Foster...
- 11/21/2011
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Release Date: Nov. 29, 2011
Price: DVD $27.98, Blu-ray/Blu-ray 3D Combo $34.98
Studio: IFC Films
Werner Herzog goes underground in Cave of Forgotten Dreams.
A master of both documentary and narrative moviemaking, the great Werner Herzog (Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call, New Orleans) goes the non-narrative route for his 2010 documentary film Cave of Forgotten Dreams.
Always interested in revealing man’s drive to exceed the limits of everyday existence, Herzog travels back to the ancient past in his latest quest, which is chronicled in Cave of Forgotten Dreams. The film follows an exclusive expedition into the nearly inaccessible Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc in southern France. The cave had remained sealed by a rock slide for 25,000 years until its discovery in 1994. On its walls are vivid and sophisticated paintings of horses, cattle, lions, panthers, bears, even rhinos and extinct species; also discovered were hand prints and foot prints – all of it believed to date back 32,000 years.
Price: DVD $27.98, Blu-ray/Blu-ray 3D Combo $34.98
Studio: IFC Films
Werner Herzog goes underground in Cave of Forgotten Dreams.
A master of both documentary and narrative moviemaking, the great Werner Herzog (Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call, New Orleans) goes the non-narrative route for his 2010 documentary film Cave of Forgotten Dreams.
Always interested in revealing man’s drive to exceed the limits of everyday existence, Herzog travels back to the ancient past in his latest quest, which is chronicled in Cave of Forgotten Dreams. The film follows an exclusive expedition into the nearly inaccessible Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc in southern France. The cave had remained sealed by a rock slide for 25,000 years until its discovery in 1994. On its walls are vivid and sophisticated paintings of horses, cattle, lions, panthers, bears, even rhinos and extinct species; also discovered were hand prints and foot prints – all of it believed to date back 32,000 years.
- 11/8/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Is it true that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely? Well the movies often tell us that that is the case and to celebrate the release of Bad Teacher on DVD and Blu-ray this week we’ve drawn together a list of what must be one of the most enduring screen roles – the bad authority figure.
1) Eva, We Need To Talk About Kevin (Tilda Swinton)
Lynne Ramsay’s staggering adaptation of Lionel Shriver’s novel sticks in the mind like an ice-pick. Not least for Tilda Swinton’s mesmerising performance of an unwanting mother who stands by a pneumatic drill to relieve the jarring noise of her child’s cries or wallpapers her room with maps to escape vicariously through the promised adventures they hold. The eternal question of nature or nurture plays out across this powerful work but either way the blame seems to rest at the feet...
1) Eva, We Need To Talk About Kevin (Tilda Swinton)
Lynne Ramsay’s staggering adaptation of Lionel Shriver’s novel sticks in the mind like an ice-pick. Not least for Tilda Swinton’s mesmerising performance of an unwanting mother who stands by a pneumatic drill to relieve the jarring noise of her child’s cries or wallpapers her room with maps to escape vicariously through the promised adventures they hold. The eternal question of nature or nurture plays out across this powerful work but either way the blame seems to rest at the feet...
- 11/2/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Alright, I admit it... I mainly posted this trailer just so I can make use of the above photo, which is apparently an actual still from the movie Justice (previously known as Seeking Justice and The Hungry Rabbit Jumps). I have no idea why Nic Cage is wearing a sparkly mask, but I definitely want to find out. Directed by Roger Donaldson (The Bank Job, Species), Justice is another one of these low budget, borderline direct-to-dvd revenge thrillers that Cage has been churning out as of late, kind of along the same lines as Trespass and Drive Angry 3D. Occasionally these films have the potential to be another Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans, but more often than not they're just plain bad. Cage plays a teacher whose wife (January Jones) is assaulted, and while in the hospital he is approached by a mysterious man (Guy Pearce...
- 9/23/2011
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Director Joel Schumacher will be forever remembered for bringing us one of the worst superhero movies ever made in Batman & Robin, but if you can look past some of the ill-advised crap he has put out over the years, there are a handful of gems in his filmography as well. Phone Booth and Falling Down are the two that get name-checked in the trailer for his next film Trespass, although it remains to be seen if Trespass will also end up being one of the good ones. Nicole Kidman usually has a knack for choosing movies that are critical hits, if not commercial ones, although she does have her share of duds as well. As for Nicolas Cage, well... we all know where his career has been as of late. Trespass essentially looks like Schumacher's version of Funny Games, with Cage and Kidman playing a husband and wife who find...
- 8/18/2011
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Cinematographer who brought a sensuous style to 12 of Ingmar Bergman's films
The Swedish cinematographer Gunnar Fischer, who has died aged 100, could be said to have created the "look" of Ingmar Bergman's films, crystallised in three of the director's masterpieces: Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries (both 1957). From Port of Call (1948) to The Devil's Eye (1960), 12 films in all, Fischer was able to make visible Bergman's visions.
He was born in Ljungby, in southern Sweden. After spending three years in the Swedish navy as a chef, he attended the Royal Academy of Art in Stockholm, where he studied with the celebrated decorative artist Otte Sköld. He had an apprenticeship in cinematography at Svensk Filmindustri (Sf), the country's leading production company. His mentor there was the cinematographer Julius Jaenzon, who worked with the two great masters of Swedish silent cinema, Victor Sjöström and Mauritz Stiller. This...
The Swedish cinematographer Gunnar Fischer, who has died aged 100, could be said to have created the "look" of Ingmar Bergman's films, crystallised in three of the director's masterpieces: Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries (both 1957). From Port of Call (1948) to The Devil's Eye (1960), 12 films in all, Fischer was able to make visible Bergman's visions.
He was born in Ljungby, in southern Sweden. After spending three years in the Swedish navy as a chef, he attended the Royal Academy of Art in Stockholm, where he studied with the celebrated decorative artist Otte Sköld. He had an apprenticeship in cinematography at Svensk Filmindustri (Sf), the country's leading production company. His mentor there was the cinematographer Julius Jaenzon, who worked with the two great masters of Swedish silent cinema, Victor Sjöström and Mauritz Stiller. This...
- 6/14/2011
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
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