Release the hounds!! One of my favorite films from the first half of the 2023 Venice Film Festival so far is DogMan, the latest original film from French filmmaker Luc Besson. After initially being planned for release earlier in the year, buzz from buyers at the EFM in early 2023 made them hold it until the fall. Now it's playing in the Main Competition in Venice, with a release set for the fall. It's worth the wait! DogMan is a triumphant vengeance movie with a traditional narrative structure that provides just the right amount of entertainment value. It's a tad cheesy, doesn't try to reinvent or rethink anything, yet it is an engaging story of a boy who grows up to become a vigilante. Of course, as a dog lover, I usually love every movie involving dogs - and this is a major one. There are so many dogs in it, so...
- 8/31/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In what became one of the most hotly contested, unpredictable categories at this year’s Academy Awards, Jamie Lee Curtis won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once on Sunday. In disbelief that her name was the one being called as the winner, Curtis excitedly mouthed “shut up” before taking the stage to accept the award.
“I know it looks like I’m standing up here by myself, but I am not. I am hundreds of people,” Curtis said at the start of her speech,...
“I know it looks like I’m standing up here by myself, but I am not. I am hundreds of people,” Curtis said at the start of her speech,...
- 3/13/2023
- by Daniel Kreps and Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Ceremony confirms acclaimed sci-fi adventure as Oscar favourite.
The force is with Everything Everywhere All At Once after a dominant and historic Sunday night at the 29th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards saw the sci-fi claim best ensemble cast, lead actress for Michelle Yeoh, and supporting wins for Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Everything Everywhere All At Once became the first film to earn three individual acting awards at a SAG ceremony and the first to win four including ensemble, while Quan became the first Asian man to win a SAG award.
Hot on the heels of the...
The force is with Everything Everywhere All At Once after a dominant and historic Sunday night at the 29th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards saw the sci-fi claim best ensemble cast, lead actress for Michelle Yeoh, and supporting wins for Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Everything Everywhere All At Once became the first film to earn three individual acting awards at a SAG ceremony and the first to win four including ensemble, while Quan became the first Asian man to win a SAG award.
Hot on the heels of the...
- 2/27/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Ariana DeBose is doing the thing and sharing her thoughts about the reaction to her much-debated viral rap from the recent 2023 BAFTA Awards ceremony.
The Oscar winner took to Instagram on Saturday to post a carousel of images and footage related to her musical performance while recently hosting the BAFTAs. During Sunday’s awards ceremony, DeBose rapped about a number of the nominees and used the line “Angela Bassett did the thing,” leading to widespread social media commentary.
“The internet is wild y’all!” DeBose wrote in her post. “Appreciate all the love.”
Her carousel included footage from the stage of Lizzo’s Thursday concert in Amsterdam, during which the music star told her audience to “shake it off” before twice reciting the now-infamous line about Bassett and seeming to mimic DeBose’s body movement from the awards show.
DeBose’s post also included a tweet from Halle Berry that used the Bassett line,...
The Oscar winner took to Instagram on Saturday to post a carousel of images and footage related to her musical performance while recently hosting the BAFTAs. During Sunday’s awards ceremony, DeBose rapped about a number of the nominees and used the line “Angela Bassett did the thing,” leading to widespread social media commentary.
“The internet is wild y’all!” DeBose wrote in her post. “Appreciate all the love.”
Her carousel included footage from the stage of Lizzo’s Thursday concert in Amsterdam, during which the music star told her audience to “shake it off” before twice reciting the now-infamous line about Bassett and seeming to mimic DeBose’s body movement from the awards show.
DeBose’s post also included a tweet from Halle Berry that used the Bassett line,...
- 2/25/2023
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Irish film producer James Flynn has died. He was 57 and his death was reported by the Irish Times, which did not provide details.
Credited on Alan Parker’s Angela’s Ashes, Joel Schumacher’s Veronica Guerin and John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary, Flynn was a part of the reconstituted Irish Film Board.
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The news comes as Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin, on which Flynn worked as co-producer, has nine Oscar nominations for next month’s Academy Awards.
Oscar-nominated producer Ed Guiney, who worked with Flynn on Sweety Barrett more than two decades ago, remembered him for the Irish Times.
Credited on Alan Parker’s Angela’s Ashes, Joel Schumacher’s Veronica Guerin and John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary, Flynn was a part of the reconstituted Irish Film Board.
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The news comes as Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin, on which Flynn worked as co-producer, has nine Oscar nominations for next month’s Academy Awards.
Oscar-nominated producer Ed Guiney, who worked with Flynn on Sweety Barrett more than two decades ago, remembered him for the Irish Times.
- 2/12/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Paramount was heavily committed to the Eddie Murphy business in the 1980s. After the "Saturday Night Live" star went supernova with the blockbuster trio of "48 Hrs.," "Trading Places" and "Beverly Hills Cop," the studio, which had him under a long-term contract, sought to synergize their superstar with some of their pre-existing franchises.
One of the most bizarre attempts at wedging Murphy into an ongoing series was "The Godfather Part III." As Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo balked at participating in a third film throughout the 1980s, Paramount ordered 15 treatments and scripts by nine or so different screenwriters (one of which was penned by future Disney CEO Michael Eisner). One of these proposed sequels had a role for Murphy, who once said "I would act in 'The Godfather' for nothing." Unsurprisingly, this iteration never made it anywhere close to the runway.
A more realistic scenario presented itself...
One of the most bizarre attempts at wedging Murphy into an ongoing series was "The Godfather Part III." As Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo balked at participating in a third film throughout the 1980s, Paramount ordered 15 treatments and scripts by nine or so different screenwriters (one of which was penned by future Disney CEO Michael Eisner). One of these proposed sequels had a role for Murphy, who once said "I would act in 'The Godfather' for nothing." Unsurprisingly, this iteration never made it anywhere close to the runway.
A more realistic scenario presented itself...
- 2/5/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Warner Bros. Discovery has had a rough go of it recently. The newly-formed mega corporation’s decision to callously prune HBO Max’s servers of hours of content has led to mountains of bad PR and billions of dollars in market cap losses. Suffice it to say, a jam-packed list of new HBO Max releases for September 2022 would provide some welcome relief for the “House of the House of the Dragon.”
Unfortunately, HBO Max’s new releases this month are uncommonly light. It’s impossible to say whether this is the result of more Wbd meddling or simply some bad scheduling luck but either way it’s not going to make any executives’ seats less warm. There are only a handful of notable originals this month, led by season 2 of the Spanish language comedy Los Espookys on Sept. 16. That is joined by a pair of documentaries, Escape from Kabul on Sept.
Unfortunately, HBO Max’s new releases this month are uncommonly light. It’s impossible to say whether this is the result of more Wbd meddling or simply some bad scheduling luck but either way it’s not going to make any executives’ seats less warm. There are only a handful of notable originals this month, led by season 2 of the Spanish language comedy Los Espookys on Sept. 16. That is joined by a pair of documentaries, Escape from Kabul on Sept.
- 9/1/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Angela Deem’s presence and behavior on 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After? is being called out. Pic credit: TLC
Angela Deem’s presence within the 90 Day Fiance franchise has long been controversial and viewers have been reinvigorated with disdain now that Season 7 of Happily Ever After? has kicked off.
While Angela was not reintroduced and caught up with in the premiere episode, viewers were able to see a trailer for what is to come this season.
The trailer showed Angela vandalizing Michael’s car and hurling abusive slurs toward him in a very uncomfortable scene of aggression.
Now that viewers have seen the season’s trailer, which features Angela going behind Michael’s back and talking to another man, along with the new sneak peek, critics have been calling Angela out.
Before this season even started there were several cries from viewers for Angela to be fired or canceled...
Angela Deem’s presence within the 90 Day Fiance franchise has long been controversial and viewers have been reinvigorated with disdain now that Season 7 of Happily Ever After? has kicked off.
While Angela was not reintroduced and caught up with in the premiere episode, viewers were able to see a trailer for what is to come this season.
The trailer showed Angela vandalizing Michael’s car and hurling abusive slurs toward him in a very uncomfortable scene of aggression.
Now that viewers have seen the season’s trailer, which features Angela going behind Michael’s back and talking to another man, along with the new sneak peek, critics have been calling Angela out.
Before this season even started there were several cries from viewers for Angela to be fired or canceled...
- 8/29/2022
- by Serena Nitta
- Monsters and Critics
The eighth episode of “The Challenge: USA,” titled “Independence Day,” ended on a bit of a downer as the eliminated contestant refused to say goodbye to his fellow cast mates after losing the elimination game. Warning: this article contains Spoilers for the August 24 episode of “The Challenge,” so read at your own risk!
To recap, this week marked the start of the individual aspect of the game, meaning there would be no more algorithm and no more teams. In the “Having a Blast” challenge, the players had to run across a soapy walkway transporting four different keys, all while being sprayed with water. The winners were Angela Rummans for the girls and Ben Driebergen for the boys. Since this week was a men’s elimination, that meant Angela and Ben had to agree on which man to send to the elimination to face off against Enzo Palumbo, who performed the...
To recap, this week marked the start of the individual aspect of the game, meaning there would be no more algorithm and no more teams. In the “Having a Blast” challenge, the players had to run across a soapy walkway transporting four different keys, all while being sprayed with water. The winners were Angela Rummans for the girls and Ben Driebergen for the boys. Since this week was a men’s elimination, that meant Angela and Ben had to agree on which man to send to the elimination to face off against Enzo Palumbo, who performed the...
- 8/25/2022
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
“I’m sick and tired of hearing things from uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics,” John Lennon sang on his 1971 single “Gimme Some Truth.” In a time of fake news and false narratives, Capitol/UMe will release the real deal, a collection titled Gimme Some Truth. The Ultimate Mixes. The 36-track collection will be available on Oct. 9, 2020, which would have been the legendary musician’s 80th birthday. Gimme Some Truth. will also be released as a 19-track CD or 2 LP, a 36-track 2Cd or 4 LP.
“In everything he did, John Lennon spoke his truth and questioned the truth,” reads the press statement. “An incomparable and uncompromising artist who strove for honesty and directness in his music, he laid bare his heart, mind and soul in his songs, seeing them as snapshots of his current emotions, thoughts and world view. Believing the one quality demanded of himself as an artist was to be completely honest,...
“In everything he did, John Lennon spoke his truth and questioned the truth,” reads the press statement. “An incomparable and uncompromising artist who strove for honesty and directness in his music, he laid bare his heart, mind and soul in his songs, seeing them as snapshots of his current emotions, thoughts and world view. Believing the one quality demanded of himself as an artist was to be completely honest,...
- 9/9/2020
- by Chris Longo
- Den of Geek
To commemorate what would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday, his family selected 36 songs from his solo catalogue and enhanced them for a new box set, Gimme Some Truth. The Ultimate Mixes.
Each of the tracks in the collection — which was executive-produced by Yoko Ono Lennon and produced by Sean Ono Lennon — has been remixed from scratch for what they claim is the highest quality rendition. The collection will come out in a variety of formats on October 9th; it’s available for preorder now.
The deluxe edition of Gimme Some Truth.
Each of the tracks in the collection — which was executive-produced by Yoko Ono Lennon and produced by Sean Ono Lennon — has been remixed from scratch for what they claim is the highest quality rendition. The collection will come out in a variety of formats on October 9th; it’s available for preorder now.
The deluxe edition of Gimme Some Truth.
- 8/26/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Angela Bassett earned two Emmy nominations this year for projects that couldn’t be more different: Best Comedy Guest Actress for HBO’s “A Black Lady Sketch Show” and Best Narrator for Disney+‘s documentary series “The Imagineering Story.” In one, she leads a bad bitches support group in an episode appropriately titled “Angela Bassett is the Baddest Bitch.” In the other, she recounts the story of how Disney creative artists and technicians created attractions for theme parks here and abroad. Watch our exclusive interview with Bassett about her dual nominations above.
Her “Black Lady Sketch Show” appearance went pretty quickly, as she recalls: “We filmed actually about four to five hours — morning until about noon or 1:00 — so it was a really quick turnaround. I got to work with some amazing young artists that I was just becoming familiar with,” as well as fellow guest-starring bad bitch Laverne Cox.
Her “Black Lady Sketch Show” appearance went pretty quickly, as she recalls: “We filmed actually about four to five hours — morning until about noon or 1:00 — so it was a really quick turnaround. I got to work with some amazing young artists that I was just becoming familiar with,” as well as fellow guest-starring bad bitch Laverne Cox.
- 8/12/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
For the first time ever, the TV Academy has released the nominating ballots for the Best Character Voice-Over Performance category. With 153 submissions for this year’s contest, that means the category will feature six nominees (see Emmy rules). This race could use a bit of a shakeup. The past four years have seen the prize go to cast members from “Family Guy,” with Seth MacFarlane winning in 2016-17 and 2019 and Alex Borstein winning in 2018. Before that it was cast members from “The Simpsons” who took the prize in 2014 (Harry Shearer) and 2015 (Hank Azaria). So, with that in mind, here is a lineup I think would be stellar and refreshing to see in this year’s race.
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Showtime’s animated look at Washington has been an underappreciated gem that has only gotten better...
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- 7/12/2020
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
“Amarillo,” the first song on J Balvin’s new album Colores, opens with a riff that’s brassy and playful, like a child imitating the sound of a trumpet. That happens to be a sample cribbed from Saïan Supa Crew’s “Angela,” a fusion of hip-hop and zouk, a style of music from the French Caribbean; Balvin merges it with the reggaeton rhythm that has become global club currency. Tracing the jet-setting musical elements in “Amarillo” can be dizzying, but tracing the song’s impact is straightforward: More than 50 million...
- 4/3/2020
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
Luc Besson‘s filmography is fairly impressive for a director that’s never really received support from critics. He directed “Nikita,” “Leon,” and “The Fifth Element” back to back to back from 1990-1997. Fine. Those three films alone have allowed him enough creative freedom to direct whatever he’s wanted to since. The problem is the ensuing films weren’t very good (“The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc,” “Angel-a,” “Arthur and the Invisibles,” “The Family“).
Continue reading Luc Besson Hates On Superhero Movies & Calls ‘Captain America’ “Propaganda” at The Playlist.
Continue reading Luc Besson Hates On Superhero Movies & Calls ‘Captain America’ “Propaganda” at The Playlist.
- 8/12/2017
- by Jordan Ruimy
- The Playlist
Chicago – Welcome to the new world of Blu-ray, DVD, and streaming coverage on HollywoodChicago.com. With so many options from iTunes to Video On Demand to Hulu to Blu-ray, what should you be watching this week? Every week, we’ll highlight some of the most interesting new releases, link to our full review coverage when applicable, tell you what’s special about the Blu-ray releases, and point you in the right direction to watch them.
We will still do some full-length Blu-ray and DVD reviews of special editions or particularly notable releases, but we know that you’re watching movies and TV shows in new ways in 2013 and we want to be as helpful as possible. Welcome to the future.
What to Watch: August 13-19th, 2013
The Muppet Movie
Photo credit: Disney
“The Muppet Movie”
There may be some irony in starting a new feature with a “Nearly 35th Anniversary...
We will still do some full-length Blu-ray and DVD reviews of special editions or particularly notable releases, but we know that you’re watching movies and TV shows in new ways in 2013 and we want to be as helpful as possible. Welcome to the future.
What to Watch: August 13-19th, 2013
The Muppet Movie
Photo credit: Disney
“The Muppet Movie”
There may be some irony in starting a new feature with a “Nearly 35th Anniversary...
- 8/19/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Arrow Films are pleased to announce the DVD box set release of French cult actor Jean Reno's hit Parisian cop drama Jo on Monday 5 August. In his first TV series role since the 1980s, Reno plays Jo St-Clair, a veteran detective in Paris' elite Criminal Brigade, tackling the city's most challenging murder cases. To celebrate the home entertainment release of Jo, we've kindly been provided with Three DVD copies of the series to give away to our regular readers, courtesy of the team at UK distributor Arrow Films. This is an exclusive competition for our Facebook and Twitter fans, so if you haven't already, 'Like' us at facebook.com/CineVueUK or follow us @CineVue before answering the question below.
Jo's unique storylines take its audience behind-the-scenes at some of Paris' most iconic locations. Heinous crimes are committed in the picturesque settings of the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Catacombs and Place Vendome.
Jo's unique storylines take its audience behind-the-scenes at some of Paris' most iconic locations. Heinous crimes are committed in the picturesque settings of the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Catacombs and Place Vendome.
- 8/9/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
French director Luc Besson is perhaps best known for directing Leon: The Professional and The Fifth Element, but he's also a prolific writer and producer who is responsible for a ton of great work in the action genre. Still, I was a bit surprised when Variety reported that Besson has cast Robert De Niro in a gangster thriller called Malavita, based on Tonino Benacquista's novel Badfellas. Besson has dealt with gangsters on screen before, but never with a heavy hitter like De Niro involved. The story follows De Niro as a former mafia boss in Witness Protection living with his family in Normandy, but his cover doesn't last very long. Besson will direct from his own script, which is somewhat of a rarity in these later days of his career (the last movie he wrote by himself and directed was 2005's Angel-a). He was all set to write and...
- 5/22/2012
- by Ben Pearson
- firstshowing.net
French romance Angel And Tony brought its whimsical charms to bear on this year's Venice Film Festival and now it's doing the exact same thing on this very corner of the internet.This new clip from the film offers a look at the title's characters, shy fisherman Tony (Grégory Gadebois) and newly-released convict Angel (Clotilde Hesme), interacting over a plate of fish. But bear with us, it's no ordinary interaction. One of them's got sole. brightcove.createExperiences(); If you're still with us after that last joke, you'll probably have deduced that an odd-couple romance is taking shape between the two lonely souls. There are overtones of supernatural arthousers like Luc Besson's Angel-a, but debut director Alix Delaporte's tale is more Earth-bound, with Tony offering the naifish Angel help in reconnecting with her estranged son. In return, she offers the prospect of love and someone to learn the names of fish with.
- 4/17/2012
- EmpireOnline
Filed under: Movie News
So much for Angelina Jolie sticking to directing. According to Deadline, Jolie is in talks to star in a movie written and directed by Luc Besson. The film would be Angelina's first live-action role since 2010's 'The Tourist' (she voiced Master Tigress in this year's 'Kung Fu Panda 2'). Besson, who's no stranger to creating strong female roles ('Nikita,' 'Leon,' 'Angel-a'), is currently promoting his latest movie, 'The Lady,' starring potential Oscar nominee Michelle Yeoh. Jolie has some Oscar bait of her own in the form of her directorial debut, 'In the Land of Blood and Honey.'
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So much for Angelina Jolie sticking to directing. According to Deadline, Jolie is in talks to star in a movie written and directed by Luc Besson. The film would be Angelina's first live-action role since 2010's 'The Tourist' (she voiced Master Tigress in this year's 'Kung Fu Panda 2'). Besson, who's no stranger to creating strong female roles ('Nikita,' 'Leon,' 'Angel-a'), is currently promoting his latest movie, 'The Lady,' starring potential Oscar nominee Michelle Yeoh. Jolie has some Oscar bait of her own in the form of her directorial debut, 'In the Land of Blood and Honey.'
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- 12/6/2011
- by Moviefone Staff
- Moviefone
Model turned director Rie Rasmussen has been doing everything she can in recent years to prove she’s more than just a pretty face. After eye-catching roles in Brian De Palma’s “Femme Fatale” and a starring role in Luc Besson’s “Angel-a,” Rasmussen stepped behind the lens to direct a short film, “The Thinning Herd,” which first caught Quentin Tarantino’s attention.
- 11/16/2011
- The Playlist
"Bearing a 2008 copyright, the film Human Zoo pops up for a one-week run at the New Beverly, presented by the theater's benefactor, Quentin Tarantino," writes Mark Olsen in the La Weekly. "Best known to moviegoers as the star of Luc Besson's Parisian fantasy Angel-a, model/artist Rie Rasmussen is here writer, director, star and even co-editor, with the story apparently based on the experiences of her adopted sister." Tarantino, notes Jeff Otto at the Playlist, calls Human Zoo "an electrifying directorial debut. It's as shocking and violent as it is moving and charming." Olsen, on the other hand: "Incoherent and self-indulgent, the film can't even manage to be particularly fun — even the supermodel sex scenes are disconcertingly disengaged, and everything is shot with a dingy patina that parades about as gritty realism."
Back to Otto: "Tarantino and Rasmussen have become good chums. She visited the set of Inglourious Basterds...
Back to Otto: "Tarantino and Rasmussen have become good chums. She visited the set of Inglourious Basterds...
- 11/12/2011
- MUBI
HeyUGuys is very proud to be partnering with Cinémoi for our coverage of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival.
Luc Besson’s The Lady closed the festival and Julien Planté brings us his review.
“Freedom from fear”. Everything is there. This is the title of Aung San Suu Kyi’s speech in 1990 and the story of Luc Besson’s new movie, The Lady. This film, which closed the 3rd Doha Tribeca Film Festival on the 29th October, is arguably his best yet.
Luc Besson has a habit of falling in love with his characters, sometimes even his actresses. We saw it with Nikita (Anne Parillaud), Angel-a (Rie Rasmussen), Leeloo and Joan of Arc (Milla Jovovich), and even more recently with Adèle Blanc-Sec (Louise Bourgoin). Here, however, he falls in love with a real person, a strong individual with an inner beauty, a woman who doesn’t need money, power or fame,...
Luc Besson’s The Lady closed the festival and Julien Planté brings us his review.
“Freedom from fear”. Everything is there. This is the title of Aung San Suu Kyi’s speech in 1990 and the story of Luc Besson’s new movie, The Lady. This film, which closed the 3rd Doha Tribeca Film Festival on the 29th October, is arguably his best yet.
Luc Besson has a habit of falling in love with his characters, sometimes even his actresses. We saw it with Nikita (Anne Parillaud), Angel-a (Rie Rasmussen), Leeloo and Joan of Arc (Milla Jovovich), and even more recently with Adèle Blanc-Sec (Louise Bourgoin). Here, however, he falls in love with a real person, a strong individual with an inner beauty, a woman who doesn’t need money, power or fame,...
- 10/31/2011
- by Guest
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Filed under: Movie News
Writer-director Luc Besson loves writing strong female leads for his films ('Nikita,' 'The Professional' and 'Angel-a,' all feature women playing badass characters). For his latest movie, 'The Lady,' Besson examines a different type of female strength. Starring Michelle Yeoh as Aung San Suu Kyi, a Burmese politician put under house arrest for 10 years, 'The Lady' focuses on personal sacrifices and love during political turmoil. The first official trailer for 'The Lady' has premiered, and it's easy to see why Yeoh has been garnering early Oscar buzz for the role.
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Writer-director Luc Besson loves writing strong female leads for his films ('Nikita,' 'The Professional' and 'Angel-a,' all feature women playing badass characters). For his latest movie, 'The Lady,' Besson examines a different type of female strength. Starring Michelle Yeoh as Aung San Suu Kyi, a Burmese politician put under house arrest for 10 years, 'The Lady' focuses on personal sacrifices and love during political turmoil. The first official trailer for 'The Lady' has premiered, and it's easy to see why Yeoh has been garnering early Oscar buzz for the role.
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- 10/4/2011
- by Alex Suskind
- Moviefone
The Extraordinary Adventures Of Adele Blanc-sec
Stars: Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve, Jacky Nercessian, Philippe Nahon | Written and Directed by Luc Besson
Luc Besson directs his first live action film since 2005’s Angel-a with this adaptation of Jacques Tardi’s quaint seventies comic strip, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec. To be simplistic, it’s easiest to think of this film as a French, female version of Indiana Jones with an odd streak a mile wide. Adèle is an intrepid and resourceful young journalist who travels the world exploring its wonders. We find our heroine in Egypt, recovering the lost sarcophagus of an Ancient Egyptian doctor, whom Adèle believes can impart vital lost knowledge that can revive her sister who has been incapacitated in a freak accident; that is, if the Egyptian can be resurrected by a local scientist who has learned to do so by hatching...
Stars: Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve, Jacky Nercessian, Philippe Nahon | Written and Directed by Luc Besson
Luc Besson directs his first live action film since 2005’s Angel-a with this adaptation of Jacques Tardi’s quaint seventies comic strip, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec. To be simplistic, it’s easiest to think of this film as a French, female version of Indiana Jones with an odd streak a mile wide. Adèle is an intrepid and resourceful young journalist who travels the world exploring its wonders. We find our heroine in Egypt, recovering the lost sarcophagus of an Ancient Egyptian doctor, whom Adèle believes can impart vital lost knowledge that can revive her sister who has been incapacitated in a freak accident; that is, if the Egyptian can be resurrected by a local scientist who has learned to do so by hatching...
- 8/14/2011
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
Well what do we have here? Another new set of first look photos from Tiff for the new "uncompromising dramatic thriller" from City of God and Constant Gardener director Fernando Meirelles called 360, inspired by Arthur Schnitzler's play La Ronde. The film is an ensemble drama that "explores how sexual relationships can transgress social boundaries." The cast includes Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Foster and even Jamel Debbouze, who you'll recognize from Amelie and Angel-a. While this is a sexual drama, there isn't anything risque about any of these six photos, but check them out anyway. Inspired by Arthur Schnitzler's 1900 play La Ronde, in 360, director Fernando Meirelles (City of God, The Constant Gardener, Blindness) and writer Peter Morgan (The Queen, Frost/Nixon, Hereafter) combine a modern and dynamic roundelay of original stories into one, linking characters: from different cities and countries in a vivid, suspenseful and deeply...
- 8/11/2011
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The Extraordinary Adventures Of Adele Blanc-sec
Stars: Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve, Jacky Nercessian, Philippe Nahon | Written and Directed by Luc Besson
Luc Besson directs his first live action film since 2005’s Angel-a with this adaptation of Jacques Tardi’s quaint seventies comic strip, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec. To be simplistic, it’s easiest to think of this film as a French, female version of Indiana Jones with an odd streak a mile wide. Adèle is an intrepid and resourceful young journalist who travels the world exploring its wonders. We find our heroine in Egypt, recovering the lost sarcophagus of an Ancient Egyptian doctor, whom Adèle believes can impart vital lost knowledge that can revive her sister who has been incapacitated in a freak accident; that is, if the Egyptian can be resurrected by a local scientist who has learned to do so by hatching...
Stars: Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve, Jacky Nercessian, Philippe Nahon | Written and Directed by Luc Besson
Luc Besson directs his first live action film since 2005’s Angel-a with this adaptation of Jacques Tardi’s quaint seventies comic strip, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec. To be simplistic, it’s easiest to think of this film as a French, female version of Indiana Jones with an odd streak a mile wide. Adèle is an intrepid and resourceful young journalist who travels the world exploring its wonders. We find our heroine in Egypt, recovering the lost sarcophagus of an Ancient Egyptian doctor, whom Adèle believes can impart vital lost knowledge that can revive her sister who has been incapacitated in a freak accident; that is, if the Egyptian can be resurrected by a local scientist who has learned to do so by hatching...
- 4/29/2011
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
In his homeland France, Luc Besson is regarded as a maker of mass market films. So what, he says, even Jean-Luc Godard is really a commercial director
In 2006, France's most commercially successful film-maker announced he had made his last movie. For more than a decade, Luc Besson had been saying he would only direct 10 films in his life, and he had reached his quota. Admittedly, Arthur and the Invisibles, a semi-animated children's adventure, was a bit of a whimper to go out on after hits such as The Big Blue, Léon and The Fifth Element, but, as Besson told the Guardian at the time: "I would rather stop too soon than too late." It was, it seems, too soon. Even if you count his two Arthur sequels as 10-and-a-half, Besson has gone way over quota, and is now back in town with not one but two brand new features.
"When I said it,...
In 2006, France's most commercially successful film-maker announced he had made his last movie. For more than a decade, Luc Besson had been saying he would only direct 10 films in his life, and he had reached his quota. Admittedly, Arthur and the Invisibles, a semi-animated children's adventure, was a bit of a whimper to go out on after hits such as The Big Blue, Léon and The Fifth Element, but, as Besson told the Guardian at the time: "I would rather stop too soon than too late." It was, it seems, too soon. Even if you count his two Arthur sequels as 10-and-a-half, Besson has gone way over quota, and is now back in town with not one but two brand new features.
"When I said it,...
- 4/14/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Last time we heard French megaproducer Luc Besson talking about the project he'd like to make next, he was apparently planning an English-language romance, something more along the lines of Angel-a than Transporter. It looked like the godfather of gloriously bad action like Taken was growing up and moving on, but not so fast! Besson recently told a French radio station (via Fantasy.fr, translated by Coming Soon) that he was working on another sci-fi genre project, with a big project he plans to shoot in 2012 or 2013. The production is in the early stages, as he's just getting around to designing the creatures for the film, and it's entirely possible he's still planning that romance, especially given that 2012/2013 is a long way away. I kind of like the idea of Besson keeping his genre options open, especially since as a producer he's still bringing us intriguing, slightly silly looking action...
- 10/13/2010
- cinemablend.com
The London Film Festival has been building momentum over the past month or so but let’s not forget that there’s a fair few others happening across the UK too. The Cambridge Film Festival (Cff) is now in it’s 30th year and have released their opening and closing night lineups in a press release.
Cff runs from 16th – 26th September and will open with the UK Premiere of Luc Besson’s (The Fifth Element, Leon, The Big Blue) lavish new fantasy costume drama, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec, starring Louise Bourgoin and Mattieu Amalric (Mesrine, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly).
New also comes that the Festival will wrap with Nigel Cole’s (Calendar Girls) eagerly awaited Made In Dagenham starring Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky), Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson, Rosamund Pike and Jaime Winstone.
I’ll let you check out the full pres release below for all the extra details.
Cff runs from 16th – 26th September and will open with the UK Premiere of Luc Besson’s (The Fifth Element, Leon, The Big Blue) lavish new fantasy costume drama, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec, starring Louise Bourgoin and Mattieu Amalric (Mesrine, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly).
New also comes that the Festival will wrap with Nigel Cole’s (Calendar Girls) eagerly awaited Made In Dagenham starring Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky), Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson, Rosamund Pike and Jaime Winstone.
I’ll let you check out the full pres release below for all the extra details.
- 8/17/2010
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Luc Besson is best known as the Frenchman with the fancy-sounding name who has brought all kinds of lowbrow entertainment to our shores, from La Femme Nikita way back in 1990 to his producing duties on From Paris With Love and the Transporter series. But he's also got a sensitive side, as evidenced by the recent arty Angel-a, and he's tapping into it with his next project. THR reports he's currently shopping an untitled romance script, and would direct it as his first English-language project since 1999's Joan of Arc. Besson is moving quickly, aiming to start production in the fall and seeking out casting even as he shops the script to studios. He probably knows as well as anyone that his films can be made cheaply and tend to make a lot of money, and even in English his films do fairly well. I mean, really, he's the guy who...
- 6/23/2010
- cinemablend.com
Luc Besson is looking to return to the director's chair with a love story script that he has written with David Marconi, reports Heat Vision . Though he has been producing English language films over the past decade, his recent projects have all been in French (including another recent love story of his, Angel-a ). The title and synopsis of the Marconi script is unknown at this time, but Heat Vision suggests that, pending a sale to a studio, the project should begin shooting in September.
- 6/22/2010
- Comingsoon.net
He's more prolific now as a co-writer and producer of fun action quickies like From Paris With Love, the Transporters, the Taxis, the District 13s and Taken. But sometimes Luc Besson still directs, and here's the trailer for his latest: Les Aventures Extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec.His first behind-the-camera outing since Arthur and the Invisibles (and, it looks like, his first good one since Angel-a), it's based on a series of Franco-Belgian comics by writer and artist Jacques Tardis. Blanc-Sec (it means Dry White) is a feisty Parisian investigative journalist in the years immediately before and after the First World War (she sat the war itself out in cryogenic suspension).Besson's film is based on the first serialised newspaper comic strip from 1976, collected as Adèle et la Bête. As you'll see from the trailer, it involves a pterodactyl unleashed on France's capital city, and all manner of adventuresome Egyptian weirdness. Thankfully,...
- 3/23/2010
- EmpireOnline
Quick... what's the last movie Luc Besson directed? Not wrote or produced, but actually directed. If you haven't been paying attention at all you might think it was his misguided biopic The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, and if you're partially aware of French cinema you may have guessed his black & white ode to love and destiny Angel-a. Only if you're really good would you have known that his last three films as director were a trilogy of live action/CGI movies for children that started with Arthur and the Invisibles in 2006 and ends this year with Arthur and the Two Worlds War. But none of that really matters because he's finally returned to making movies for the rest of us. (Sadly, it's not the sequel idea to The Professional that I pitched here.) The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec is a big budget adventure film along the lines of Indiana Jones or The Mummy...
- 2/5/2010
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The eleventh and last part (W-z) of my extensive 2010 preview guide I'm still at work on and should be hitting the site either Tuesday or Wednesday. Before that though it is time to plug a few holes.
With release dates always in flux, there is no true definitive list of films opening this year as the number of titles change day-by-day and many aren't really locked in yet. As a result, there's definitely been some guesswork assembling this list, albeit carefully considered and researched to try and fit in what will come out, what's important enough, and what can be reasonably done.
However, there are always titles that slip through the cracks. Thankfully some ever vigilant readers have been keeping an eye out and sent in some suggestions of key projects I've missed. Not everything can be included of course, otherwise this list would take forever, but there are fourteen...
With release dates always in flux, there is no true definitive list of films opening this year as the number of titles change day-by-day and many aren't really locked in yet. As a result, there's definitely been some guesswork assembling this list, albeit carefully considered and researched to try and fit in what will come out, what's important enough, and what can be reasonably done.
However, there are always titles that slip through the cracks. Thankfully some ever vigilant readers have been keeping an eye out and sent in some suggestions of key projects I've missed. Not everything can be included of course, otherwise this list would take forever, but there are fourteen...
- 1/11/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Jean Reno and Natalie Portman in The Professional
Photo: Columbia Pictures Is Luc Besson an overrated filmmaker? I think he's a fine director but reviewing his resume he's usually a pretty average writer and his movies are kind of hit-or-miss. But every once in while he sneaks in an effort that surprises you, makes you take a step back and think, Whoa, where'd that come from? My most recent such reaction came while watching his last directorial effort, Angel-a, a sweet and moving love story dropped into a hotzone trifecta of mediocrity including The Fifth Element, The Messenger and Arthur and the Invisibles. To that point, outside of Angel-a he hasn't made a substantial contribution to the medium since Leon - The Professional, a contribution certainly worth celebrating, and will be done so over the next ten paragraphs.
I didn't see The Professional in the movie theater. I watched it on VHS.
Photo: Columbia Pictures Is Luc Besson an overrated filmmaker? I think he's a fine director but reviewing his resume he's usually a pretty average writer and his movies are kind of hit-or-miss. But every once in while he sneaks in an effort that surprises you, makes you take a step back and think, Whoa, where'd that come from? My most recent such reaction came while watching his last directorial effort, Angel-a, a sweet and moving love story dropped into a hotzone trifecta of mediocrity including The Fifth Element, The Messenger and Arthur and the Invisibles. To that point, outside of Angel-a he hasn't made a substantial contribution to the medium since Leon - The Professional, a contribution certainly worth celebrating, and will be done so over the next ten paragraphs.
I didn't see The Professional in the movie theater. I watched it on VHS.
- 11/18/2009
- by Andre Rivas
- Rope of Silicon
Good morning Boxwishers, we hope you’ve had a good, film-filled weekend with new releases like Adventureland, Dorian Gray and Julie and Julia. Or maybe you’ve just been very excited, like us, to see the brand new The Twilight Saga: New Moon trailer premiere yesterday! If all of that’s got you in the movie mood then why not treat yourself to a couple of new DVD’s while you wait for Friday’s cinema releases? New to DVD today are two sequels; complicated mystery Angels and Demons, the sequel to Dan Browns The Da Vinci Code, and the adrenaline fuelled Crank: High Voltage. And new to Blu-Ray is the iconic Léon.
If you see… Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) return to decipher codes and follow clues to solve a murder and protect the Vatican in Angels and Demons.
Why Not Take the official Angels and Demons tour in Italy,...
If you see… Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) return to decipher codes and follow clues to solve a murder and protect the Vatican in Angels and Demons.
Why Not Take the official Angels and Demons tour in Italy,...
- 9/14/2009
- Boxwish.com
One film I'm eagerly awaiting a trailer for is Rie Rasmussen's Human Zoo, a dual storyline set in both Kosovo and Marseille which ranges from what looks like action to love. Having premiered at Berlinale, we're still waiting but since it's getting a theatrical release on April 1st I'm expecting one any day now. On a side note, Rie Rasmussen played Angel-a in Luc Besson's film of the same name. Hubba hubba! If you haven't seen that one I'd highly recommend it.
Human Zoo is the story of a half Albanian half Serbian girl set in both the time of the worst fighting in Kosovo Serbia, as well as present day Marseille France where being an illegal immigrant is tricky when your "government deemed unfit by the international community make you so" too. Presented like a novel in the non linear storytelling of the two interwoven time lines...
Human Zoo is the story of a half Albanian half Serbian girl set in both the time of the worst fighting in Kosovo Serbia, as well as present day Marseille France where being an illegal immigrant is tricky when your "government deemed unfit by the international community make you so" too. Presented like a novel in the non linear storytelling of the two interwoven time lines...
- 3/10/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Cologne, Germany -- Julie Delpy, whose directorial debut, "2 Days in Paris" lit up the 2007 Berlinale, returns this year with her period thriller "The Countess," which will have its world premiere at Berlin's Panorama sidebar.
Jose Padilha, whose corrupt cops drama "The Elite Squad" was last year's surprise winner of the Berlinale Golden Bear, also has booked a return flight, for the Panorama premiere of "Garapa," his documentary examining poverty in Brazil.
Other highlights of 2009 Panorama lineup include "Absolute Evil," a crime thriller which teams up cult director Ulli Lommel ("The Boogeyman") with star David Carradine; the documentary "Coyote" from Chema Rodriquez ("The Railroad All-Stars") which looks at the issue of human trafficking and "Der Knochenmann" (The Bone Man) from veteran Austrian director Wolfgang Murnberger ("Silentium").
Actress Rie Rasmussen ("Angel-a") will unspool her directorial debut, "Human Zoo," which focuses on the trauma of a woman living in Paris who escaped the horrors of the Balkan war.
Jose Padilha, whose corrupt cops drama "The Elite Squad" was last year's surprise winner of the Berlinale Golden Bear, also has booked a return flight, for the Panorama premiere of "Garapa," his documentary examining poverty in Brazil.
Other highlights of 2009 Panorama lineup include "Absolute Evil," a crime thriller which teams up cult director Ulli Lommel ("The Boogeyman") with star David Carradine; the documentary "Coyote" from Chema Rodriquez ("The Railroad All-Stars") which looks at the issue of human trafficking and "Der Knochenmann" (The Bone Man) from veteran Austrian director Wolfgang Murnberger ("Silentium").
Actress Rie Rasmussen ("Angel-a") will unspool her directorial debut, "Human Zoo," which focuses on the trauma of a woman living in Paris who escaped the horrors of the Balkan war.
- 1/7/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
New York -- The fifth annual Miami International Film Festival has announced a tribute for director Luc Besson, participants in the Miami Encuentros program for emerging Latino directors, the Reel Education Seminar Series and 16 features in its World & Ibero-American Cinema documentary competition.
Besson, the French helmer of "La Femme Nikita" and "The Fifth Element," will appear at the Career Achievement Tribute and present the East Coast premiere of his tenth film, the black-and-white fable "Angel-a."
The Encuentros program, presented by Eastman Kodak and Entertainment Partners, will give filmmakers from nine Latino projects the chance to present new work to producers, agents, TV stations and distributors. The features set to be screened include Andre Ristum's Brazilian "Square Man," Carlos Moreno's Colombian "Dog Eat Dog," Gonzalo Justiniano's Chilean "Lokas" and Adrian Biniez's Argentinian "Giant." Paramount Vantage's Matt Brodlie, Warner Independent Pictures' Paul Federbush, Kodak's Anne Hubbell, Cinetic Media's Sarah Lash and Wma's Eric Rovner and Jerome Duboz are among the 22 delegates participating as filmmaker advisors.
This year's World & Ibero-American Cinema documentary feature contenders include Tali Shemesh's Holocaust survivor portrait "The Cemetery Club," Marco Williams' tale of post-Civil War discrimination, "Banished," John Fiege's immigration study "Mississippi Chicken" and Jennifer Baichwal's Toronto International Film Festival prizewinner "Manufactured Landscapes."
The winner will receive a $25,000 award sponsored by the John S. and James L. Night Foundation. Two other competitions for dramatic features, World Cinema and Ibero-American Cinema, will also award each winning film a $25,000 prize.
The 2007 World Cinema dramatic features jury includes writer/director Raoul Peck and producers Christine Vachon and Bernardo Zupnik. Sarajevo Film Festival programmer Howard Feinstein and producers Bertha Navarro and Jim Stark will judge the Ibero-American Cinema dramatic competition. American Documentary vp Cynthia Lopez, Film Forum programmer Mike Maggiore and acquisitions exec Rob Williams will judge the World & Ibero-American docu competition.
The fest's Reel Education Seminars Series will feature a hefty 26 panels. including "Agents, Packaging & Financing -- At What Stage Do I Look for Representation?" with The Collective's Shaun Redick, CAA's Roeg Sutherland, Endeavor Independent's Graham Taylor and UTA's Keya Khayatian. Other discussions include "Pitch to the Pros --? Writing Treatments That Sell" with Silverwood Films' Lynette Howell and UTA's Jon Huddle, "Documentaries --? Why Have They Become So Popular Recently?" with Submarine's Josh Braun and ThinkFilm's Daniel Katz, and "Us Distribution" with Brodlie, Federbush, Focus Features' Jason Resnick and IFC Films' Arianna Bocco.
The festival, presented by Miami Dade College, runs March 2-11.
Besson, the French helmer of "La Femme Nikita" and "The Fifth Element," will appear at the Career Achievement Tribute and present the East Coast premiere of his tenth film, the black-and-white fable "Angel-a."
The Encuentros program, presented by Eastman Kodak and Entertainment Partners, will give filmmakers from nine Latino projects the chance to present new work to producers, agents, TV stations and distributors. The features set to be screened include Andre Ristum's Brazilian "Square Man," Carlos Moreno's Colombian "Dog Eat Dog," Gonzalo Justiniano's Chilean "Lokas" and Adrian Biniez's Argentinian "Giant." Paramount Vantage's Matt Brodlie, Warner Independent Pictures' Paul Federbush, Kodak's Anne Hubbell, Cinetic Media's Sarah Lash and Wma's Eric Rovner and Jerome Duboz are among the 22 delegates participating as filmmaker advisors.
This year's World & Ibero-American Cinema documentary feature contenders include Tali Shemesh's Holocaust survivor portrait "The Cemetery Club," Marco Williams' tale of post-Civil War discrimination, "Banished," John Fiege's immigration study "Mississippi Chicken" and Jennifer Baichwal's Toronto International Film Festival prizewinner "Manufactured Landscapes."
The winner will receive a $25,000 award sponsored by the John S. and James L. Night Foundation. Two other competitions for dramatic features, World Cinema and Ibero-American Cinema, will also award each winning film a $25,000 prize.
The 2007 World Cinema dramatic features jury includes writer/director Raoul Peck and producers Christine Vachon and Bernardo Zupnik. Sarajevo Film Festival programmer Howard Feinstein and producers Bertha Navarro and Jim Stark will judge the Ibero-American Cinema dramatic competition. American Documentary vp Cynthia Lopez, Film Forum programmer Mike Maggiore and acquisitions exec Rob Williams will judge the World & Ibero-American docu competition.
The fest's Reel Education Seminars Series will feature a hefty 26 panels. including "Agents, Packaging & Financing -- At What Stage Do I Look for Representation?" with The Collective's Shaun Redick, CAA's Roeg Sutherland, Endeavor Independent's Graham Taylor and UTA's Keya Khayatian. Other discussions include "Pitch to the Pros --? Writing Treatments That Sell" with Silverwood Films' Lynette Howell and UTA's Jon Huddle, "Documentaries --? Why Have They Become So Popular Recently?" with Submarine's Josh Braun and ThinkFilm's Daniel Katz, and "Us Distribution" with Brodlie, Federbush, Focus Features' Jason Resnick and IFC Films' Arianna Bocco.
The festival, presented by Miami Dade College, runs March 2-11.
- 8/18/2008
- by By Gregg Goldstein
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- Quick Links Complete Film Listing: Premiere's section Dramatic Comp Docmentary Comp World Dramatic Comp: World Documentary Comp: Park City at Midnight: New Frontier Short Film Programs January 18 to 28, 2007 Counting Down: updateCountdownClock('January 18, 2007'); This yearâ.s spectrum section as a promising mix of world preems and is perhaps a stronger selection than what was offered same time last year and sadly the highlight of the section finds the last film from actor/director Adrienne Shelly. "Angel-a" (France), directed and written by Luc Besson, a fairy tale about a man who gets a new lease on life after he rescues a beautiful young woman from a suicide attempt in the Seine River. "Bugmaster" (Japan), directed by Katsuhiro Otomo and written by Sadayuki Murai, derived from an ancient legend and based on a famous Manga about an itinerant, mystical doctor who cures people from a plague caused by supernatural creatures called "Mushi.
- 1/18/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
- In the Pipeline presents: Luc Besson’s Angel-a [Ed's note: To our regular readers, we are sad to announce that this will be final edition of the "In the Pipeline", a series faithfully brought to us by Mr. Samuel Hilton. While we close the books on this regular feature, we begin a new chapter. Samuel will be focusing on his personal projects and will also be contributing regularly to our coverage of world cinema - focusing on film projects and filmmakers from his own backyard -Australia.] It is always exciting when an acclaimed filmmaker who has sat the last several years out finally returns to the director’s chair. Angel-a is hotly anticipated for such as it marks the return of, and the beginning of goodbye from, Luc Besson. The film opens with Andre (Jamel Debbouze), a man with debts that could end his life. Andre decides to get to it first, but upon chance, he meets a woman, Angela (Rie Rasmussen), who also wishes to take her life. Saved by Andre, the leggy looker of Angela pledges to stay by his side and takes the lead to solving his problems. With a promised twist, respectfully unrevealed by critics, the story intrigues by its noir sounding nature. Luc Besson needs little introduction. For those who don’t automatically know the name, Besson has repeatedly proven himself as
- 9/20/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
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