HIS EXCELLENCY ADMIRAL GENERAL ALADEEN – SUPREME LEADER, ALL TRIUMPHANT GENERAL, BELOVED OPPRESSOR, AND CHIEF OPHTHALMOLOGIST OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF WADIYA – is allowing WAMG to distribute passes for the advance screening of his film THE DICTATOR on May 10 at 7PM at Wehrenberg Ronnies 20 Cine.
Starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris and Ben Kingsley, THE DICTATOR is the heroic story of a North African dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed. The Ruthless Protector of the Precious and Expendable People of Wadiya will release his film upon the masses on May 16, 2012.
(c) 2012 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.
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: Sacha Baron Cohen has made three films – each starring one of his three characters from the “Da Ali G Show” show. Name the 3 movies.
WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN THROUGH A RANDOM DRAWING OF QUALIFYING CONTESTANTS. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PASSES WILL NOT BE SUBSTITUTED OR EXCHANGED. DUPLICATE TICKETS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
THE DICTATOR has been ratedR for strong crude and sexual content, brief male nudity, language and some violent images. It is a Paramount Pictures Release.
General Aladeen’s finest computer scientists have created a Wadiyan Games app where he neutralize all opponents! Hafla! http://www.republicofwadiya.com/game/
Hey kiddos, Melissa here… and I have a short film that you have to see! GHILD, from Rose and Bomb Productions in association with Yarvo Productions, is a fairy tale for the giant child in all of us.
GHILD stars Michael Rosenbaum as Brauly Gullivan, an 8-year-old boy who has grown abnormally larger than those in his community. As Brauly struggles to fit in, his parents find raising a giant child, or Ghild, to be rather difficult.
You can watch GHILD in its entirety here:
Interview with Director David (Yarvo) Yarovesky
How did you and Michael Rosenbaum come up with the concept of GHILD? How did the idea come about?
Yarvo:Well I should say that me, Rosenbaum, and Rob Danson all created GHILD. We all talked about doing something and when we got in a room, we started talking about a friend of Rosey’s who has a head of a child and the boy of a woman… and they called her a GHILD. So anyway, one of the first visuals we talked about is this tiny mother, pregnant with a HUGE belly, lugging her stomach around in a wheel barrow. Obviously we couldn’t afford those big effects so it never made the final script… but quickly, Rosenbaum stared thinking about funny things that the GHILD could do. I started thinking about how awful childhood already is, and adding this defect… how it would destroy your family and effect your humanity. Rob started thinking about wild crazy things like the wheel barrow. We kinda mashed those things together and that’s GHILD.
Wait… Did this woman know they called her GHILD?
Yarvo:I have no idea.. I don’t think i have ever met her. But I do expect to get accosted by a baby headed grown woman on the street one day.
You would probably deserve it.
Yarvo: Most likely.
With this being a short film, and you coming from a music video background, what was your biggest challenge making GHILD?
Yarvo:Well, it’s a different muscle. I enjoy making music videos, but I ****** love telling stories. I had been doing a lot of videos lately, and hadn’t shot anything completely narrative in a while… and I think I bit off a lot. I get really excited and think that everything I’m working on has to be perfect, and I have to push every dollar the absolute furthest. We had NO money, and I was like, lets build the house, and let’s have all this CG, and all this dramatic lighting, etc… it was just this HUGE idea, and we did NOT have the money to support it. THANK GOD FOR PANAVISION and Mike Dallatorre, our cinematographer. They got on board and really helped us.
How long did the film take to actually shoot?
Yarvo: The film took 2 days to shoot and a year to finish. The 2 days we had were psychotic! We would look across the stage and see Brauly’s bedroom as a stack of wood in the middle of the floor, and I would say “Hey… you know we’re shooting that scene in 15 minutes?” The art crew, Brent Mason and George Contorinis, were amazing, but as I said.. the time and money I gave them to work with was kind of a sick joke.
How did the casting process for this work?
Yarvo: Well, Rosey knew Harland. I gotta give Rosey a lot of credit, because he wrote that scene for him… and it was a great scene. I loved shooting it, mostly because I had seen his stand up and thought it was the funniest thing I had ever seen. So, I was way more excited to work with him than I think he knew.
Did Rosenbaum want to play the lead?
Yarvo: Yeah, I mean from the genesis of the project, we were talking about making a vehicle for Rosey. We would play this party game Mafia all the time and talk about how we were doing a lot of other people’s work, but nothing that we could control and make our own. We had a lot of time to bond because everyone in the game would kill Rosey and I first, so we would just sit in his backyard talking while all his guests enjoyed the game.
So, you are admitting to being horrible at Mafia?
Yarvo:No, I take it as a compliment that the mafia kills me IMMEDIATELY. They know I’ll get em. I am admitting that you are horrible at Mafia.
I’ve played Mafia twice… I know I am horrible at it. You are a terrible teacher.
Will you be taking on any more shorts in the near future? Do you and “Rosey” have any upcoming plans for collaborations?
Yarvo: Well, me and Rosey and Rob still talk about GHILD, and what’s next… that’s about all I can say about that for now…
Directed by: David Yarovesky
Starring: Michael Rosenbaum, Harland Williams, Jimmy Bennett, and Jolie Vanier
Screenplay by: Michael Rosenbaum
Produced by: David Yarovesky, Michael Rosenbaum, Rob Danson
WAMG has passes to the May 8th screening of Johnny Depp’s latest film DARK SHADOWS. Now we’re all carrying around phones with cameras so here’s the horrific gig. In order to receive a pass you MUST send in a a “Vampire” themed photo of yourself. Please email them to michelle@wearemoviegeeks.com and we’ll post the images here as well as our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/WeAreMovieGeeks.
Easy-peasy, right? Oh and be sure to read Tom Stockman’s interview with one of the stars of the original TV show, Kathryn Leigh ScottHERE.
Director Tim Burton brings the cult classic series “Dark Shadows” to the big screen in a film featuring an all-star cast, led by Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and Helena Bonham Carter.
In the year 1750, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from England to start a new life in America, where they build a fishing empire in the coastal Maine town that comes to carry their name: Collinsport. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave mistake of falling in love with a beauty named Josette DuPres (Bella Heathcote) and breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death—turning him into a vampire, and then burying him…alive.
Nearly two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972, a stranger in an even stranger time. Returning to Collinwood Manor, he finds that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin, and the dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets.
Family matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) is the one person Barnabas entrusts with the truth of his identity. But his rather odd and anachronistic behavior immediately raises the suspicions of the live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), who has no idea what kind of problems she’s really digging up.
As Barnabas sets out to restore his family name to its former glory, one thing stands in his way: Collinsport’s leading denizen, who goes by the name Angie…and who bears a striking resemblance to a very old acquaintance of Barnabas Collins.
Also residing in Collinwood Manor are Elizabeth’s ne’er-do-well brother, Roger Collins, (Jonny Lee Miller); her rebellious teenage daughter Carolyn Stoddard (Chloe Grace Moretz); and Roger’s precocious 10-year-old son, David Collins (Gully McGrath). The longsuffering caretaker of Collinwood is Willie Loomis (Jackie Earle Haley), and new to the Collins’ employ is David’s nanny, Victoria Winters (Bella Heathcote), who is, mysteriously, the mirror image of Barnabas’ one true love, Josette.
Burton directed “Dark Shadows” from a screenplay by Seth Grahame-Smith, story by John August and Grahame-Smith, based on the television series created by Dan Curtis. The producers are Oscar® winner Richard D. Zanuck (“Alice in Wonderland,” “Driving Miss Daisy”), Oscar® winner Graham King, (“Rango,” “The Departed”), Johnny Depp, Christi Dembrowski, and David Kennedy. The executive producers are Chris Lebenzon, Nigel Gostelow, Tim Headington, and Bruce Berman.
The behind-the-scenes creative team includes cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel, Oscar®-winning production designer Rick Heinrichs (“Sleepy Hollow”), Oscar®-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood (“Alice in Wonderland”) and editor Chris Lebenzon. The score was composed by four-time Oscar® nominee Danny Elfman (“Milk,” “Big Fish,” “Men in Black,” “Good Will Hunting”).
A Warner Bros. Pictures presentation in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, an Infinitum Nihil/GK Films/Zanuck Company production, a Tim Burton film, “Dark Shadows” will be distributed worldwide in theatres and IMAX by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures.
The film has been rated PG-13 for comic horror violence, sexual content, some drug use, language and smoking
The macabre and lurid tales of Edgar Allan Poe are vividly brought to life – and death – in John Cusack’s new film THE RAVEN… and to celebrate WAMG is hosting THE RAVEN Giveaway!
One lucky winner will receive:
a copy of The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
an official poster signed by John Cusack and Alice Eve
OFFICIAL RULES:
1. YOU MUST HAVE A U.S. MAILING ADDRESS. 2. FILL OUT YOUR NAME AND E-MAIL ADDRESS BELOW. REAL FIRST NAME REQUIRED. 3. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: What is your favorite Edgar Allan Poe poem?
WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN THROUGH A RANDOM DRAWING OF QUALIFYING CONTESTANTS. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PRIZES WILL NOT BE SUBSTITUTED OR EXCHANGED.
SYNOPSIS:
The macabre and lurid tales of Edgar Allan Poe are vividly brought to life – and death – in this stylish, gothic thriller starring John Cusack as the infamous author. When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Poe’s darkest works, a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans) joins forces with Poe in a quest to get inside the killer’s mind in order to stop him from making every one of Poe’s brutal stories a blood chilling reality. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues, which escalates when Poe’s love (Alice Eve, She’s Out of My League) becomes the next target. Intrepid Pictures’ The Raven also stars Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) and Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Faster).
Director: James McTeigue
Writers: Ben Livingston & Hannah Shakespeare
Cast: John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson, Oliver Jackson-Cohen
Producers: Trevor Macy, Marc D. Evans, Aaron Ryder
Executive Producers: Jesus Martinez Ascensio, Glen Basner, James D. Stern
Prepare yourself for an exciting event movie, packed with action and spectacular special effects, whenMARVEL’S THE AVENGERS assemble on May 4th. On Saturday April 28 at the closing night of The Tribeca Film Festival, MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS cast members Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg and Cobie Smulders honored everyday heroes from New York’s finest, first responders from the NYPD and NYFD and America’s best – service men and women from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard.
In MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS the world’s greatest Super Heroes assemble when Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) join S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) to protect the world from the dangerous and powerful villain, Loki (Tom Hiddleston).
Assemble a team of your own by entering to win a “Red Baron/MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS Pizza-Night-In” Prizepack.
Red Baron’s new Baron’s Best Pizza in Hand Tossed and Pan-style crusts feature Avengers packaging for a limited time. Look for the epic tasting pizzas in your grocer’s freezer.
The giveaway includes full value coupons for Baron’s Best, as well as a ‘Pizza Night In’ prize pack with:
Red Baron pizza cutter
Red Baron plates and napkins
Red Baron oven mitt
Red Baron pizza knife
CAPTAIN AMERICA – THE FIRST AVENGER on DVD
2 Avengers Action Figures
OFFICIAL RULES:
1. YOU MUST BE A U.S. RESIDENT WITH A U.S. MAILING ADDRESS.
2. FILL OUT YOUR NAME AND E-MAIL ADDRESS BELOW. REAL FIRST NAME REQUIRED.
WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN THROUGH A RANDOM DRAWING OF QUALIFYING CONTESTANTS. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PRIZES WILL NOT BE SUBSTITUTED OR EXCHANGED.
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Tom Hiddleston, with Stellan Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, directed by Joss Whedon, from a story by Zak Penn and Joss Whedon with screenplay by Joss Whedon, MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since. MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS is presented by Marvel Studios in association with Paramount Pictures. The film is being produced by Marvel Studios’ President Kevin Feige and executive produced by Alan Fine, Jon Favreau, Stan Lee, Louis D’Esposito, Patricia Whitcher, Victoria Alonso and Jeremy Latcham. The film is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS in theatres in 3D, Real D 3D and IMAX® 3D May 4
THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL follows a group of British retirees who decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the palace a shell of its former self. Though the new environment is less luxurious than imagined, they are forever transformed by their shared experiences, discovering that life and love can begin again when you let go of the past.
WAMG is giving away passes to the advanced screening of THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL in St. Louis – Tuesday, May 8th at 7pm at Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinema.
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: Tell us of your DREAM retirement.
WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN THROUGH A RANDOM DRAWING OF QUALIFYING CONTESTANTS. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PASSES WILL NOT BE SUBSTITUTED OR EXCHANGED. DUPLICATE TICKETS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
Check out this behind the scenes featurette of THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL.
The film is directed by John Madden (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE) from a script by Ol Parker and based on the novel “These Foolish Things” by Deborah Moggach. The producers are Graham Broadbent and Peter Czernin of Blueprint Pictures.
Starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup and Dev Patel, THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL will check into theaters May 4th, 2012.
Here are the latest photo entries in WAMG’s THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT contest. We’ve had quite a few of you enter with a photo and we love that! Keep ’em coming.
The director and writer/star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall reteam for the irreverent comedy THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT. Beginning where most romantic comedies end, the new film from director Nicholas Stoller, producer Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) and Rodney Rothman (Get Him to the Greek) looks at what happens when an engaged couple, Jason Segel and Emily Blunt, keeps getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle. The film was written by Segel and Stoller.
Two people who once dreamed of the perfect day just want to get it over with. But even that seems beyond them, as comical problems torpedo every “save the date.” Maybe it’s not meant to be. Maybe they’re not meant to be. Now, through the humorous trials of discovering who they will become as a couple, Tom and Violet will learn if they have what it takes to survive their five-year engagement.
Being that its the wedding time of year, get your memories ready because WAMG has just the contest for you. We invite you to enter to win a prizepack to celebrate the release of THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT.
Please submit your own engagement photos or tell us your best/worst engagement story.
Prizes will not be exchanged or substituted. You must have a U.S. mailing address.
THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT has been rated R (Restricted – Under 17 Requires Accompanying Parent or Adult Guardian) for sexual content, and language throughout.
From Universal Pictures, THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT will be in theaters
April 27, 2012.
Greetings kids! Melissa here, with another exciting tale for all of you movie lovers!
On Thursday, April 12th WAMG attended the press conference for Marvel’s THE AVENGERS at The Four Seasons in Los Angeles, and we have the audio featuring Robert Downey Jr (“Tony Stark” / “Iron Man”), Samuel L. Jackson (“Nick Fury”), Chris Hemsworth (“Thor”), Chris Evans (“Steve Rogers” / “Captain America”), Mark Ruffalo (“Bruce Banner” / “The Hulk”), Jeremy Renner (“Clint Barton” / “Hawkeye”), Tom Hiddleston (“Loki”), Cobie Smulders (“S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Maria Hill”), Clark Gregg (“S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Phil Coulson”), Joss Whedon (Director) and Kevin Feige (Producer). Not only that, but you can check out the pictures that I took during the conference below. Hooray!!!
“Marvel’s The Avengers” stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Tom Hiddleston, with Stellan Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury. Directed by Joss Whedon, the epic action-adventure film is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since.
In the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, Iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow are called to duty when an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security. Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., must assemble the Super Heroes to pull the world back from the brink of disaster.
Take a listen to the audio from THE AVENGERS press conference here:
THE AVENGERS Press Conference Part 1
THE AVENGERS Press Conference Part 2
Click on the thumbnails to enlarge:
“Marvel’s The Avengers” is presented by Marvel Studios in association with Paramount Pictures. The film is being produced by Marvel Studios’ President Kevin Feige and executive produced by Alan Fine, Jon Favreau, Stan Lee, Louis D’Esposito, Patricia Whitcher, Victoria Alonso and Jeremy Latcham. Thestory is by Zak Penn and Joss Whedon, and the screenplay is by Joss Whedon.
The macabre and lurid tales of Edgar Allan Poe are vividly brought to life – and death – in this stylish, gothic thriller starring John Cusack as the infamous author. When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Poe’s darkest works, a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans) joins forces with Poe in a quest to get inside the killer’s mind in order to stop him from making every one of Poe’s brutal stories a blood chilling reality. A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues, which escalates when Poe’s love (Alice Eve, She’s Out of My League) becomes the next target. Intrepid Pictures’ THE RAVEN also stars Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) and Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Faster).
WAMG is giving away passes to the St. Louis screening of THE RAVEN on Thursday, April 26th.
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: Name the 1961 film based on the Poe short story that was directed by Roger Corman and starred Vincent Price and Barbara Steele.
WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN THROUGH A RANDOM DRAWING OF QUALIFYING CONTESTANTS. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PASSES WILL NOT BE SUBSTITUTED OR EXCHANGED.
Just in time for Prom Season, PRETTY IN PINK is playing for one night only Thursday night April 26th, 7pm at the B&B Wildwood 10! Tickets are only $5. 10% of all tickets and concessions sold during the special showing go to benefit The Metro St. Louis Cinderella Project, the local organization that provides the gift of a prom dress to young women in the metropolitan area who are unable to acquire one on their own. B&B will also donate 10% of all tickets and concessions sold during all their showtimes throughout the entire weekend of April 27th when patrons bring in a flyer found in the Coupon Section on the B&B Theatres Facebook page at facebook.com/bbtheatres
WAMG is also giving away five admit-2 passes to see PRETTY IN PINK on April 26TH at 7PM, only, at the B&B Wildwood 10.
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: Name the song Duckie is lipsyncing to in the record store.
WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN THROUGH A RANDOM DRAWING OF QUALIFYING CONTESTANTS. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PASSES WILL NOT BE SUBSTITUTED OR EXCHANGED.
PRETTY IN PINK stars Molly Ringwald as Andie, a high school senior who has a crush on preppy, Blane, played by Andrew McCarthy. When Andie and Blaine try to get together, friends try to tear them apart. The supporting cast includes Jon Cryer as Duckie, Harry Dean Stanton, Annie Potts and James Spader.
THE METRO ST. LOUIS CINDERELLA PROJECT is an annual prom project of the Community Council and a member of the United Way of Greater St. Louis. For more information, please visit www.cinderellastl.com.
B&B THEATRES is the 26th largest theatre chain in North America and operates over 200 screens in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Florida. B&B has corporate offices in Liberty, Fulton, and Salisbury, MO and Los Angeles, CA. For more information go to B&B’s website at bbtheatres.com or follow us on Facebook atfacebook.com/bbtheatres
