Following the success of her Sundance award winning film Humpday, Lynn Shelton weaves another compellingly human story in YOUR SISTER’S SISTER.
Lost in an emotional funk one year after his brother’s death, Jack (Mark Duplass) takes his best friend Iris (Emily Blunt) up on her offer for a reflective week of solitude at her family’s remote island retreat. Upon arriving at the house, Jack discovers that Iris’ sister Hannah (Rosemarie DeWitt) had the same idea, and the two spend an awkward evening together. Iris shows up the next morning unannounced, setting in motion an emotionally twisted tale of sisters, brothers, and best friends. Shelton once again honestly explores the complexities of interpersonal relationships while gently poking fun at her characters’ predicaments.
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YOUR SISTER’S SISTER opens in St. Louis on June 29th.
For more than a decade, SETH MacFARLANE has stretched the envelope of comedy about as far as it can go as the visionary behind the hit television shows Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show. Now he brings his boundary-pushing brand of humor to the big screen for the first time as writer, director, producer and voice star of Ted.
In the live-action/CG-animated comedy, MacFarlane tells the story of John Bennett (MARK WAHLBERG of The Other Guys, Contraband), a grown man whose simple childhood wish brought his cherished teddy bear to life. Almost 30 years later, the fairy tale is very much over. Ted is reluctant to leave John’s side…to the increasing annoyance of John’s only-so-patient girlfriend, Lori Collins (MILA KUNIS of Friends With Benefits, Black Swan).
Though Lori’s displeasure with John is exacerbated by his dead-end career and days spent smoking weed and drinking beers with Ted, she’s not the one who is the most frustrated with him. As John struggles to figure out a way to navigate this thing called adulthood, it will take the unexpected help of his boyhood toy to make the leap from man-child to a grown-ass man.
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Rated R for Some Drug Use, Pervasive Language and Crude and Sexual Content
Directed by MacFarlane from a screenplay he wrote with ALEC SULKIN (Family Guy, The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn) and WELLESLEY WILD (Family Guy, The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn), Ted co-stars an impressive comedic lineup that includes JOEL McHALE (TV’s Community, What’s Your Number?) as Rex, Lori’s very rich and even more lecherous boss; Donny (GIOVANNI RIBISI of Contraband, Avatar), a guy who wants to fulfill his childhood dream and have a Ted of his very own; and PATRICK WARBURTON (Rules of Engagement, Family Guy) as Guy, John’s fight-club-loving co-worker at the rental-car counter.
The cast of Ted is supported by a number of Family Guy regulars that include JESSICA BARTH as Tami-Lynn, Ted’s fellow cashier and non-ursine girlfriend; JOHN VIENER as Alix, John’s clueless co-worker; and ALEX BORSTEIN and RALPH GARMAN as young John’s loving-yet-befuddled mother and father. Joining them is newcomer BRETT MANLEY, who portrays 8-year-old John, whose Christmas wish starts this whole friendship.
Who doesn’t love the “time for the bad news” disaster films. Small scale… global scale, complete with the attempt at character development and not much of a script. The constant, recurring theme in all these films? No character is ever safe. Any big time actor/actress could be picked off at a heartbeat, either by sacrificing themselves or from some alien attack. As we’ve witnessed over the decades, the screenwriter has been Overlord to the Earth’s demise.
With director Lorene Scafaria’s SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD, the audience is taken on a humorous, moving, and intimate journey set against the epic backdrop of Earth’s final days after it’s announced that a 70-mile-wide asteroid is en route and mankind will soon be at an end. In this week’s Top 10 Tuesday, WAMG looks at how filmmakers have been trying to scare movie going audiences of impending doom.
10. THE CORE
With the turn of the century, the studios apparently thought 21st century audiences were clamoring for more and gave us Jon Amiel’s THE CORE. The 2003 Sci-Fi disaster film has terranauts traveling to the center of the Earth to restart the core that was snuffed out by a government experiment that went awry. In the meantime, the planet begins to erupt by destroying the Coliseum in Rome and melting San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. The tagline on the poster said it all – “Earth Has A Deadline”
9. DEEP IMPACT
In 1998 asteroid flick DEEP IMPACT, film-goers were greeted in the theaters with lots of red comet tails, stars, and the Earth in there somewhere. Critics and even the scientists praised DEEP IMPACT for its scientific accuracy over Michael Bay’s doomsday film. Director Mimi Leder’s special effects laden movie had not one but two apocalyptic endings – two for the price of one. With death and mayhem throughout, DEEP IMPACT was another case of spin the roulette wheel to see who would live and who would die. Some met their doom with the above monster tidal wave on Earth while others by the asteroid itself in space. A movie the Master of Global Destruction would be proud of…speaking of Roland Emmerich…
8. THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW & 2012
The director seems to be the maestro at coming up with destructive visuals to famous landmarks. It is his 2012 that inspired this list, and, I’m sure, you’ll be seeing another movie of his somewhere else down the line here. The great thing about THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (other than the incredibly inaccurate geography of, well, everything in that movie) is how nature seems to be chasing down its victims. This isn’t a film about the planet crumbling underneath us, because of all of our wrongdoings. This is a film about nature coming to life and stalking people. Just as the ice chases Jake Gyllenhaal down the hallway of a wrecked ship in TDAT, so, too, does a well-placed tornado look at Mount Lee, think for a bit, and says, “Hollywood Sign,” you’ve got to go.
7. EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS
In the 1956 sci-fi classic EARTH VS FLYING SAUCERS, aliens in flying saucers give the Earth sixty days to surrender. Scientist Hugh Marlowe invents some sort of sonic gun, which knocks them off balance and, in the finale of the film, the saucers lose control and crash into various Washington D. C. landmarks. Despite a mundane script, the movie works effectively by adopting a dry, documentary tone and splurging the budget on Ray Harryhausen’s spectacular special effects. The smooth, grey, spinning discs of EARTH VS FLYING SAUCERS have become the definitive UFO, imitated in dozens of subsequent alien invasion movies. There’s always been something quite sensational in watching Harryhausen’s destructive vandalism.
6. WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE
“PLANETS DESTROY EARTH!!” was splashed across the poster for 1951’s WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE – a fantastic doomsday film. The giant planet, Bellus, is on a collision course for Earth and an escape ship is built, filled with food, animals, books, medicines, and people with the golden tickets to make the trip to nearby Zyra. A group of people lucky enough to be chosen escape off the planet just before the Earth has a close encounter with Bellus.
5. THE OMEGA MAN
No planets. No aliens. No spaceships. Just your friendly vampire-like creatures on a mission to take out the Last Man on Earth. Based on Richard Matheson’s “I Am Legend,” this second version reigns supreme over the first adaptation THE LAST MAN ON EARTH (1964) starring Vincent Price and the third adaptation, I AM LEGEND (2007) starring Will Smith. What could be more scary than the harsh realization of being totally alone after the world has gone to hell-in-a-handbasket.
4. CLOVERFIELD
J.J. Abrams. He’s the creator of so many awesome movies and shows, and always delivers on coolness to the extreme. Regardless of whether you fall into the love it or hate it camp, CLOVERFIELD stands to remain memorable for one reason if no other – the decapitated Statue of Liberty! How twisted is that? The monster beheads Lady Liberty, our most sacred symbol of American justice. Granted, it’s not entirely the idea of Abrams and the writers, seeing as the concept was inspired by the ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK. Still, that scene, above all others in the film was incredibly intense and jaw-dropping, making CLOVERFIELD worthy of praise in this top ten list.
3. ARMAGEDDON
“A global killer.” It’s still sends chills hearing Billy Bob Thonrton describe the asteroid, the size of Texas, heading directly towards Earth at 22,000 mph. Only option NASA has? Send a deep core oil driller and his crew of roughnecks to land on the asteroid, drill into the surface and drop a nuclear device into it’s core. Easy-peasy! But on this heroic journey, the crew has to embrace the horror and nastiest of conditions in order to save the world and stop the impending Armageddon.
2. PLANET OF THE APES (1968)
Towards the conclusion of the Sci-Fi classic, 1968’s PLANET OF THE APES, just as Taylor (played to the hilt by Charlton Heston) and the gorgeous mute, Nova, have seemingly escaped the clutches of their simian jailers, they’re riding on a horse along the ocean when he sees something on the shoreline. Taylor jumps off the horse, slowly walks over to the object in slack-jawed disbelief before crumbling down into uncontrolled anger, in the mind-blowing realization that he has been home all along. In the harsh truth that his own civilization has been destroyed, Heston yells the staggering pronouncement, “We finally really did it. You maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you. God damn you all to hell.” The camera zooms out and pans upwards to reveal one of the most recognizable U.S. landmarks, The Statue of Liberty. Bar none, it’s still the best movie sucker-punches ever.
1. INDEPENDENCE DAY
Roland Emmerich has a hard on for destroying cherished land marks all over the world. At the time of INDEPENDENCE DAY’s release, nobody could have expected they’d see so much demolition in one film. The US Bank building in LA, The Empire State Building and the biggest kicker of them all, the White House were all destroyed at exactly the same time, and the blasts coming from them managed to level entire city blocks. The most destructive force in film since The Death Star landed on every single land mark in the world, and damn was it awesome. The capital of the strongest nation in the world, the very symbol of The United States of America’s strength was completely wiped out in a matter of seconds. The model itself was actually 1/12th the size of the actual White House, and that amazing explosion was filmed with nine cameras, generating one of the most amazing explosions in film history, and easily makes our #1 End of the World Movies.
So that’s our doomsday, apocalyptic list.What films would you have included? Let us know in your comments section below.
Opening on Friday, June 22nd (nationwide), the film stars Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Connie Britton, Adam Brody, Rob Corddry, Gillian Jacobs, Derek Luke, Melanie Lynskey, T.J. Miller, Mark Moses, Patton Oswalt, and William Petersen.
SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD is rated R (for language including sexual references, some drug use, and brief violence)
A dramatic comedy set in the world of male strippers, “Magic Mike” is directed by Academy Award® winner Steven Soderbergh (“Traffic”) and stars Channing Tatum in the title role. The film follows Mike as he takes a young dancer called The Kid (Alex Pettyfer) under his wing and schools him in the fine arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money.
“Magic Mike,” starring Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey, Cody Horn, Olivia Munn, Matt Bomer, Riley Keough, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash, Adam Rodriguez and Gabriel Iglesias, will be in theaters Friday, June 29.
What could be better than a girls night out with martinis and manis? Martinis, manis, and the men of “Magic Mike” of course! Warner Bros. Pictures and WAMG invite you to enter for your chance to win passes to the advance screening of MAGIC MIKE in St. Louis on June 26th.
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Mike (Channing Tatum) is an entrepreneur. A man of many talents and loads of charm, he spends his days pursuing the American Dream from as many angles as he can handle: from roofing houses and detailing cars to designing furniture from his Tampa beach condo.
But at night… he’s just magic.
The hot headliner in an all-male revue, Magic Mike has been rocking the stage at Club Xquisite for years with his original style and over-the-top dance moves. The more the ladies love him, the more they spend, and the happier that makes club owner Dallas (Matthew McConaughey).
Seeing potential in a guy he calls the Kid (Alex Pettyfer), Mike takes the 19-year-old under his wing and schools him in the fine arts of dancing, partying, picking up women and making easy money. It’s not long before the club’s newest act has fans of his own, as the summer opens up to a world of fun, friendship and good times.
Meanwhile, Mike meets the Kid’s captivating sister, Brooke (Cody Horn). She’s definitely someone he’d like to know a lot better, and it looks like he has a chance…until his lifestyle gets in the way.
Directed by Oscar® winner Steven Soderbergh (“Traffic”) and written by Reid Carolin, “Magic Mike” is produced by Nick Wechsler, Gregory Jacobs, Channing Tatum and Reid Carolin. The creative filmmaking team includes production designer Howard Cummings, costume designer Christopher Peterson, music supervisor Frankie Pine and choreographer Alison Faulk.
Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Nick Wechsler/Gregory Jacobs production of an Iron Horse/Extension 765 Enterprise, “Magic Mike,” distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
This film is rated R by the MPAA for pervasive sexual content,
brief graphic nudity, language and some drug use.
Taking audiences on a humorous, moving, and intimate journey against an epic backdrop of Earth’s final days, SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD is the feature directorial debut of screenwriter Lorene Scafaria (Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist). Set in a too-near future where time at once stands still and is slipping away forever, the writer/director explores what people will do and how they will feel when humanity’s end is near.
Opening on Friday, June 22nd (nationwide), the film stars Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Connie Britton, Adam Brody, Rob Corddry, Gillian Jacobs, Derek Luke, Melanie Lynskey, T.J. Miller, Mark Moses, Patton Oswalt, and William Petersen.
Enter for a chance to win a SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD prizepack from Focus Features and WAMG.
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Official Soundtrack(CD) T-Shirt Tote Bag Lip Balm Shot Glass Glow Stick & Bracelet Key Chain
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3. If you were making a doomsday, apocalyptic movie, how would you bring about the END OF THE WORLD?
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A 70-mile-wide asteroid is en route to Earth, and the last best attempt to counter it has failed. Also failing is the marriage of soft-spoken insurance salesman Dodge (Golden Globe Award winner Steve Carell); the breaking news that the world will end in an estimated 21 days cues his wife to leave him on the spot.
Dodge is a man who has always played by the rules of life, while his neighbor Penny (Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley) is an extroverted woman who hasn’t. From these opposite perspectives, both initially choose to navigate the impending end of the world with blinders on. Dodge declines joining his friends in increasingly reckless behavior, while Penny fixates on her relationship issues with a self-absorbed musician.
The two misfits meet first when Penny has a rough night and then again when she belatedly delivers Dodge a lost letter. That letter could alter Dodge’s future; it’s from his high-school sweetheart Olivia, the love of his life. When a riot breaks out around their apartment building, Dodge realizes that he must seek Olivia out before it’s too late while Penny makes the decision to spend her last days with family in England. Seizing the moment, Dodge promises to help Penny reach her family if she will provide transport for the two of them in her car immediately. She agrees, and they escape.
On the road together, the unlikely traveling companions’ respective personal journeys accelerate, and their outlooks – if not the world’s – brighten.
SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD is rated R (for language including sexual references, some drug use, and brief violence)
One of the world’s most popular characters is back on the big screen as a new chapter in the Spider-Man legacy is revealed in The Amazing Spider-Man. Focusing on an untold story that tells a different side of the Peter Parker story, the new film stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Campbell Scott, Irrfan Khan, with Martin Sheen and Sally Field. The film is directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay written by James Vanderbilt and Alvin Sargent and Steve Kloves from a story by James Vanderbilt, based on the Marvel Comic Book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Laura Ziskin, Avi Arad, and Matt Tolmach are producing the film in association with Marvel Entertainment for Columbia Pictures, which will open in theaters everywhere in 3D on July 3, 2012.
The Amazing Spider-Man is the story of Peter Parker (Garfield), an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Sheen) and Aunt May (Field). Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. Peter is also finding his way with his first high school crush, Gwen Stacy (Stone), and together, they struggle with love, commitment, and secrets. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents’ disappearance – leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors (Ifans), his father’s former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors’ alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.
Sony PIctures and WAMG invite you to enter for your chance to win passes to the advance screening of THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN in St. Louis on July 2nd.
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This film has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for SEQUENCES OF ACTION AND VIOLENCE.
Check out this featurette on The Lizard.
In celebration of the release of The Amazing Spider-Man™ on July 3, 2012, Columbia Pictures has partnered with some of NYC’s premier cultural institutions to create Spider-Man Week in NYC, a seven-day calendar of events in all five boroughs. The week includes a volunteer initiative as Spider-Man teams with his fellow New Yorkers to give back to their community by helping out people in need.
With special events at New York landmarks from the Empire State Building to the American Museum of Natural History to the Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum, Spider-Man Week in NYC offers a chance to celebrate the film and the city that Spider-Man loves and protects. For a full calendar of events, fans can visit www.spidermanweeknyc.com.
To do our part in the war against the summertime blues, and to keep you safe from the suns harmful rays, WAMG is giving away 4 huge movies, EVITA (15th Anniversary Edition), SISTER ACT 1 & 2 : BACK IN THE HABIT (Combo Pack) and NEWSIES (2oth Anniversary Edition), on Blu-Ray. If that doesn’t scream summer fun, I don’t know what does!
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EVITA –Directed by award-winning filmmaker Alan Parker, Evita is the riveting true-life story of Eva Peron (Madonna), who rose above childhood poverty and a scandalous past to achieve unimaginable fortune and fame.Garnering an Academy Award® for Best Song and 3 Golden Globe Awards, critics across the world hailed Evita as an indelible masterpiece. Now, with a new state-of-the-art digital restoration, you can experience every astonishing scene and unforgettable song like never before!
SISTER ACT – Academy Award®-winning actress Whoopi Goldberg stars as a sassy lounge singer forced to hide from the mob in the last place anyone would ever look for her – a convent. In the side-splitting sequel, Whoopi is back for another hilarious adventure as Sister Mary Clarence spreads the gift of music and the power of laughter at an inner-city school.
NEWSIES – Starring Academy Award® winners Christian Bale and Robert Duvall and screen favorite Ann-Margaret, Newsies tells the true tale of a courageous group of newsboys in a classic musical style. Enjoy dance sequences choreographed by Kenny Ortega (High School Musical) and a riveting story produced by Hollywood legend Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast).
EVITA
Celebrate the 15th anniversary of an inspirational classic with a spectacular new release in Blu-ray™ high definition! Join two of the world’s greatest and most enduring superstars, Madonna and Antonio Banderas, in the epic musical event that is Evita.
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Alan Parker, Evita is the riveting true-life story of Eva Peron (Madonna), who rose above childhood poverty and a scandalous past to achieve unimaginable fortune and fame. Despite widespread controversy, her passion changed a nation forever. Garnering an Academy Award® for Best Song (Best Music/Original Song, Andrew Lloyd Webber for music and Tim Rice for lyrics, “You Must Love Me”, 1996) and 3 Golden Globe Awards (Best Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical, Best Original Song – Motion Picture “You Must Love Me” and Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical, Madonna, 1997), critics across the world hailed Evita as an indelible masterpiece. Now, with a new state-of-the-art digital restoration, you can experience every astonishing scene and unforgettable song like never before!
SISTER ACT & SISTER ACT 2: BACK IN THE HABIT
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of a comedy classic that packed pews everywhere, Disney proudly presents a special 2-movie collection, featuring Sister Act and Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit, for the first time ever on Blu-ray!
Academy Award®-winning actress Whoopi Goldberg (1990, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Ghost) stars as a sassy lounge singer forced to hide from the mob in the last place anyone would ever look for her – a convent – where her fun-loving attitude turns the nuns‟ tone-deaf choir into a soulful chorus of swingin‟ singin‟ sisters. In the side-splitting sequel, Whoopi is back for another hilarious adventure as Sister Mary Clarence spreads the gift of music and the power of laughter at an inner-city school.
Harvey Keitel and Kathy Najimy join a heavenly cast in these habit-forming comedies busting with „60s Motown hits. Relive all the fun and irresistible music of both movies with a stunning state-of-the-art digital restoration!
NEWSIES
Extra! Extra! Disney proudly presents the 20th anniversary of the classic family musical, Newsies – presented for the first time with an astonishing state-of-the-art digital restoration!
Starring Academy Award® winners Christian Bale (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, The Fighter, 2010), and Robert Duvall (Best Actor in a Leading Role, Tender Mercies, 1983) and screen favorite Ann-Margaret, Newsies tells the true tale of a courageous group of newsboys in a classic musical style. Enjoy incredible dance sequences brilliantly choreographed by Kenny Ortega (High School Musical) and a riveting story produced by Hollywood legend Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast). Experience this critically acclaimed film – bursting with unforgettable songs.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER explores the secret life of our 16th president, and the untold story that shaped our nation. Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov (director of “Wanted”) bring a fresh voice to the bloodthirsty lore of the vampire, imagining Lincoln as history’s greatest hunter of the undead.
Abraham Lincoln. Vampire Hunter. The very words evoke a juxtaposition that is unexpected, if not downright bizarre. Yet it’s an idea to which the filmmakers have fully committed. Their work is a portrait of the man and leader we’ve all studied and the seminal events that defined him and our nation – interwoven with the immersive, visceral action of a vampire story.
20th century Fox and WAMG invite you to enter for your chance to win passes to the advance screening of ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER on Tuesday, June 19th.
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This film is rated R for Brief Sexuality and Violence Throughout.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER stars Benjamin Walker as the titular hero; Dominic Cooper as Henry Sturges, Lincoln’s mentor in vampire hunting; Anthony Mackie as William Johnson, Lincoln’s valet and friend; and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Mary Todd Lincoln, Abe’s wife. The screenplay is by Seth Grahame-Smith and Simon Kinberg, based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith. The producers are Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov, and Jim Lemley. Timur Bekmambetov is the director.
Adapted from Seth Grahame-Smith’s book, 20th Century Fox’s ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER will be in theaters June 22.
Warner Bros. is proud to announce the release of Journey 2: The Mysterious Island on DVD and Blu-Ray (in stores now) along with the Journey 2: The Mysterious Island Blog App!
To celebrate… WAMG is giving away copies of JOURNEY 2 : THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND on Blu-Ray! HOORAY!
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In this follow-up to the 2008 worldwide hit “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” the new 3D family adventure “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island” begins when young Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson) receives a coded distress signal from a mysterious island where no island should exist. It’s a place of strange life forms, mountains of gold, deadly volcanoes, and more than one astonishing secret. Unable to stop him from going, Sean’s new stepfather, Hank (Dwayne Johnson), joins the quest. Together with a helicopter pilot (Luis Guzman) and his beautiful, strong-willed daughter (Vanessa Hudgens), they set out to find the island, rescue its lone inhabitant and escape before seismic shockwaves force the island under the sea and bury its treasures forever.
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Josh Hutcherson reprises his role as young adventurer Sean Anderson in this exciting follow-up to the 2008 worldwide hit JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH 3D, the first live-action film ever to be shot in digital 3D. Dwayne Johnson stars as Sean’s stepfather, Hank Parsons; Michael Caine as Sean’s grandfather, Alexander Anderson; Vanessa Hudgens and Luis Guzman as a father-daughter tour guide team; and Kristin Davis as Sean’s mom, Liz Anderson.
Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson, The Hunger Games) finds a hidden signal that he believes will lead him to his long lost grandfather (Michael Caine, Miss Congeniality). With the help of his new step father (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, The Scorpion King), Sean finds a map and starts his adventure which leads him to Kailani (Vanessa Hudgens, High School Musical) and the island of Atlantis! Sean and his friends battle giant bees, killer lizards, a volcano of gold, and electric eels to escape the lost city and make their way home!
So, what are you waiting for? Enter below now!
JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND is available on DVD and Blu-Ray now
Taking audiences on a humorous, moving, and intimate journey against an epic backdrop of Earth’s final days, “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World” is the feature directorial debut of screenwriter Lorene Scafaria. Set in a too-near future where time at once stands still and is slipping away forever, the writer/director explores what people will do and how they will feel when humanity’s end is near.
A 70-mile-wide asteroid is en route to Earth, and the last best attempt to counter it has failed. Also failing is the marriage of soft-spoken insurance salesman Dodge (Golden Globe Award winner Steve Carell); the breaking news that the world will end in an estimated 21 days cues his wife to leave him on the spot. Dodge is a man who has always played by the rules of life, while his neighbor Penny (Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley) is an extroverted woman who hasn’t. From these opposite perspectives, both initially choose to navigate the impending end of the world with blinders on. Dodge declines joining his friends in increasingly reckless behavior, while Penny fixates on her relationship issues with a self-absorbed musician.
The two misfits meet first when Penny has a rough night and then again when she belatedly delivers Dodge a lost letter. That letter could alter Dodge’s future; it’s from his high-school sweetheart Olivia, the love of his life. When a riot breaks out around their apartment building, Dodge realizes that he must seek Olivia out before it’s too late while Penny makes the decision to spend her last days with family in England. Seizing the moment, Dodge promises to help Penny reach her family if she will provide transport for the two of them in her car immediately. She agrees, and they escape. On the road together, the unlikely traveling companions’ respective personal journeys accelerate, and their outlooks – if not the world’s – brighten.
The film stars Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Connie Britton, Adam Brody, Rob Corddry, Gillian Jacobs, Derek Luke, Melanie Lynskey, T.J. Miller, Mark Moses, Patton Oswalt, and William Petersen.
Focus Features and WAMG invite you to enter for your chance to win passes to the advance screening of SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD on Thursday, June 21st, 7pm at the Wehrenberg Galaxy 14 Cine.
OFFICIAL RULES:
1. YOU MUST BE IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA THE DAY OF THE SCREENING.
2. FILL OUT YOUR NAME AND E-MAIL ADDRESS BELOW. REAL FIRST NAME REQUIRED.
3. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: What is your favorite End-Of-The-World movie and why.
Winners will be chosen at random from all entries. Supplies are limited. Limit one (1) pass per person, passes admit (2) two. Screening is overbooked to ensure capacity. Please refer to passes for any other possible restrictions. No purchase necessary.
Watch this Behind the Scenes Featurette and learn how the cast would spend their last days on Earth.
Release Date: Friday, June 22nd, 2012 (nationwide)
MPAA Rating: R (for language including sexual references, some drug use, and brief violence)
