In response to enormous popular demand, IMAX and Universal Pictures today announced that Universal and Amblin Entertainment’s global-record-breaking film, JURASSIC WORLD, will receive a special week-long engagement in domestic IMAX 3D theatres beginning Aug. 28.
Since its record-setting global IMAX release on June 12, JURASSIC WORLD has become the second-highest-grossing film in IMAX’s history, with $116 million and counting, second only to AVATAR.
“Starting with its record-shattering debut in IMAX theatres around the globe, Jurassic World truly has become a cultural phenomenon,” said Greg Foster, Senior Executive Vice President, IMAX Corp. and CEO of IMAX Entertainment. “We’re proud to have been a part of this ground-breaking release and now we look forward to offering audiences another opportunity to experienceJurassic World in IMAX.”
“The extraordinary success of the IMAX release of Jurassic World was driven by audiences who needed to become immersed in every wondrous and heart-racing scene in the film,” said Nick Carpou, President of Distribution, Universal Pictures. “We are proud to partner with IMAX once again to give moviegoers what they have demanded: another chance to see Jurassic World this summer in this incredible format.”
The story of Steven Spielberg’s original comes full circle as the park that was only a promise comes to life. Welcome to JURASSIC WORLD, a fully operational luxury resort off the coast of Costa Rica where 20,000 guests explore the wonder of Earth’s most magnificent living prehistoric marvels–of every shape and size–and interact up close with them every day.
When the massive and mysterious Indominus rex stages an escape and disappears into the jungle, order turns to mayhem and guests turn into prey. Dinosaurs escape into the open, skies and water to engage in an all-out war for survival, and no corner within the world’s greatest theme park is safe anymore.
Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Omar Sy, BD Wong and Irrfan Khan star in the 3D epic action-adventure that is directed by Colin Trevorrow and based on characters created by Michael Crichton. The screenplay is byRick Jaffa & Amanda Silver and Derek Connolly & Trevorrow, and the story is by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver. Frank Marshall andPatrick Crowley join the team as producers.
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION, the fifth film in the blockbuster franchise, has crossed the $300 million milestone at the worldwide box office. The film has earned $118.5 million domestically, with an additional $184.6 million from overseas markets.
Directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION debuted at #1 in North America and many international markets, grossing more than $150 million in its first week of release.
Internationally, the film’s success was bolstered by #1 openings in such major territories as Korea, UK, Mexico, Australia, Spain, Russia and Argentina, and achieved franchise-breaking numbers in India, Korea, UK, Mexico, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Russia. International territories still to open include France, Brazil, and Italy. The film will release in China on September 8, in collaboration with partners Alibaba Pictures and China Movie Channel.
Paramount Pictures and Skydance present a Tom Cruise / Bad Robot Production, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION. With the IMF disbanded and Ethan (Tom Cruise) out in the cold, the team now faces off against a network of highly skilled special agents, the Syndicate. These highly trained operatives are hellbent on creating a new world order through an escalating series of terrorist attacks. Ethan gathers his team and joins forces with disavowed British agent Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson), who may or may not be a member of this rogue nation, as the group faces its most impossible mission yet. Starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris and Alec Baldwin.
The film is directed by Christopher McQuarrie, with a screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie and story by Christopher McQuarrie and Drew Pearce. Based on the television series created by Bruce Geller. Produced by Tom Cruise, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger. Jake Myers is an executive producer.
Monica Bellucci and Léa Seydoux reveal more about their characters in this latest featurette for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure SPECTRE.
A cryptic message from the past sends James Bond on a rogue mission to Mexico City and eventually Rome, where he meets Lucia Sciarra (Monica Bellucci), the beautiful and forbidden widow of an infamous criminal. Bond infiltrates a secret meeting and uncovers the existence of the sinister organisation known as SPECTRE.
Meanwhile back in London, Max Denbigh (Andrew Scott), the new head of the Centre for National Security, questions Bond’s actions and challenges the relevance of MI6, led by M (Ralph Fiennes). Bond covertly enlists Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) and Q (Ben Whishaw) to help him seek out Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux), the daughter of his old nemesis Mr White (Jesper Christensen), who may hold the clue to untangling the web of SPECTRE. As the daughter of an assassin, she understands Bond in a way most others cannot.
As Bond ventures towards the heart of SPECTRE, he learns of a chilling connection between himself and the enemy he seeks, played by Christoph Waltz.
Directed by Sam Mendes, SPECTRE is produced by Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, from a script by John Logan and Neal Purvis & Robert Wade. (Trailer)
The 24th film in the series,SPECTREwill have its world premiere in London on October 26nd and hits theaters on November 6, 2015.
Universal Pictures has released the first hilarious trailer for RIDE ALONG 2. Check it out below.
Kevin Hart and Ice Cube lead the returning lineup of RIDE ALONG 2, the sequel to the blockbuster action-comedy that gave us the year’s most popular comedy duo.
Joining Hart and Cube for the next chapter of the series are director Tim Story, as well as Cube’s fellow producers—Will Packer, Matt Alvarez and Larry Brezner—who will produce alongside Cube.
The film also features Ken Jeong, Benjamin Bratt, Olivia Munn, Bruce McGill, Tika Sumpter, and Sherri Shepherd. Composer Christopher Lennertz provides the score.
Lucasfilm announced today that they are collaborating with seven of the world’s most well-known brands— COVERGIRL® & Max Factor, Duracell, FCA US, General Mills, HP, Subway® and Verizon—for the launch of an expansive, historic promotional campaign in support of STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, opening on December 18.
For the highly anticipated next episode in the “Star Wars” franchise, each company has developed break-through, custom creative campaigns, and innovative programs and activations for their target audiences.
“We are thrilled to be working with such a stellar roster of promotional partners. The ‘Star Wars’ brand has endured over the years, across generational audiences because it connects with people in a very special way,” said Lynwen Brennan, General Manager of Lucasfilm. “Our partners have all delivered original, stand-out campaigns that capture the familiar fun and excitement of our galaxy far, far away that we hope will delight fans as they get ready to experience ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens.’”
The seven best-in-class global partners were chosen for their creative excellence within their fields as well as their collective diverse global reach. All of the partnerships strategically complement the tempo and tone of the film’s overall marketing campaign.
Lucasfilm and visionary director J.J. Abrams join forces to take you back again to a galaxy far, far away as “Star Wars” returns to the big screen with STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS.
The film stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew and Max Von Sydow. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk are producing with Tommy Harper and Jason McGatlin serving as executive producers. The screenplay is by J.J. Abrams & Lawrence Kasdan.
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS releases in U.S. theaters on December 18, 2015.
Bradley Cooper cooks up a storm as a troubled chef in this first trailer for BURNT.
Chef Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper) had it all – and lost it. A two-star Michelin rockstar with the bad habits to match, the former enfant terrible of the Paris restaurant scene did everything different every time out, and only ever cared about the thrill of creating explosions of taste. To land his own kitchen and that third elusive Michelin star though, he’ll need the best of the best on his side, including the beautiful Helene (Sienna Miller). BURNT is a remarkably funny and emotional story about the love of food, the love between two people, and the power of second chances.
The movie also features Omar Sy, Daniel Brühl, Matthew Rhys, Uma Thurman and Emma Thompson.
Directed by John Wells (AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY), BURNT hits theaters everywhere on October 23, 2015.
As parents, we often stress and worry over whether our children will be born disabled, or whether they’ll grow up happy and be successful. As parents, there are so many things to consider and be concerned about involving the well-being of our children, but it’s almost always centered on one key word… weakness. As parents, the worst thing we often imagine is that our children will be weak and unable to shoulder the burden of living in today’s world.
Perhaps weakness is not the true elephant in the room, or shall I say demon in the closet. What if… instead of raising a child that’s physically, mentally or emotionally weak, you found yourself raising a child that is physically and mentally strong, but emotionally void? What if you found yourself raising a sociopath? Now, what if you didn’t realize your child was a sociopath until it was already too late?
Directed by Craig William Macneill, who co-wrote with Clay McLeod Chapman, based loosely on his novel, THE BOY (2015) is one of the most frightening films a parent can see this year. No, this is not a horror film in the traditional sense, but is an unnerving psychological portrait of a boy named Ted Henley (played by Jared Breeze). Ted is a 9-year old boy living on a remote stretch of scenic tourist byway with his father John (played by David Morse) who owns and operates a fledgling little motel that’s been in the family for three generations. John hopes his son will one day carry the torch and keep the motel in the family, but the truth is that business is deafeningly slow.
Ted helps his father with running the motel, cleaning rooms and doing odds and ends. Most of the time, Ted does his work willingly, putting on the hat of good customer service, despite there rarely being any customers, but occasionally the truth creeps out when Ted is alone. From time to time, Ted sneaks peeks of a Florida post card, which is allegedly where his mother lives. In the mean time, he earns pocket change from John for collecting and disposing of roadkill off the byway in front of the motel, stashing away his coins in his makeshift “Florida or bust” coffee can bank.
Beginning with the roadkill, THE BOY carefully lays out Ted’s growing fascination with death. He is withdrawn, isolated and appears a shell of a boy, but inside that innocent, fleshy cocoon lies the makings of something decidedly evil. Ted is discovering his inner sociopath like other boys discover the hormonal allure of girls. Jared Breeze finds that perfect combination of harmless innocence and chilling creepiness that lies just beneath the surface. It’s like noticing the boy watching from a far, at first smiling and shrugging it off as any boy’s curiosity, then feeling the goosebumps and uneasiness associated with him watching, staring a bit too long, just before turning away and going about his business like nothing abnormal just occurred.
David Morse is very familiar, playing a version of his trademark melancholic troubled man with a heart of gold character, which works well in this role. John is distant, perhaps even neglectful to his son’s true nature and needs as he treads exceedingly deep water with an increasingly irrelevant small business deeper still beneath a mountain of debt. John is not purposefully neglectful or cruel. He acknowledges his son, communicates with his son, but is more on auto-pilot as a father than he is acutely aware of the pending peril his son represents, both to himself and others. Ted is a sociopath and John hasn’t the slightest clue.
THE BOY has some elements that I would call unintentional Easter eggs, if not purposefully inspired moments of homage, but that’s purely speculation. Macneill crafts a wonderful story that is somehow touching and terrifying all in one awkwardly pleasant character study. Notice the antlers worn by Ted in the poster. How often have we seen these play an integral role in modern stories of serial killers? Take the most recent examples of the TV series Hannibal and True Detective. Antlers are more than just horns, like that of the devil’s simple, minimalist presence, but are twisted, intertwined structures that branch out and shift directions, all wrapped up in something we see as beautiful and natural, but could kill in an instant if provoked.
The earthy, dusty tone and the subtle dusky lighting from cinematographer Noah Greenberg creates a warmth that is counter-intuitive to the story. This sets the viewer up, making the realization that Ted is not a sweet, innocent boy but rather a violent time bomb all the more compelling. German composer Hauschka supplements the film with an added level of hypnotizing misdirection with his original music, which carries the tone but leads viewers astray of the impending danger.
Sadly, Rainn Wilson turns out a somewhat disappointing performance as William Colby, a drifter who shacks up at the motel after hitting a deer, totaling his car. There is mystery to Colby, a secret and an inherent edge in his character that is all but missed with Wilson’s portrayal. Wilson attempts, even comes close to tapping into this on occasion, but never really hits his stride. This is unfortunate, as I like Rainn Wilson and want to see him continue to venture out and break the typecast so undeservedly put upon him by TV’s The Office.
THE BOY is a quaint, mostly quiet little film that serves as a nice, adolescent lead-in to other serial killer fare. Whether or not the film was influenced by PSYCHO, consider this the paternal alternative to the maternal Hitchcock classic. Void of any significant violence and gore, THE BOY resides almost entirely in the viewers’ psyche until the very end when we first see Ted’s inner sociopath emerge from his cocoon in a gloriously twisted fashion that remarkably still maintains a poetic, contemplative undertone and blurs the lines between right and wrong.
THE BOY opens in theaters nationwide and VOD on August 18th, 2015.
It was the hair, at first I thought I would hate this movie because of the kid’s hair. Allow me to explain, Jude is one messed up teenager (aren’t all teenagers messed up in the movies?) At the very start we see his Father and Mother break up. His Father,( Ethan Hawke: Gattaca), likes to grow marijuana in his green house, and that is where he sleeps when Mom kicks him out of the house. Jude’s Father, Les, explains to young Jude,( Henry Keleman,) exactly what happened and how that will impact the future story.
Fast forward a few years and Jude, now played by Asa Butterfield, is a young man with troubles. He and his best friend,( apparently his only friend,) Teddy (Avan Jogia) like to get high and listen to Hard Core Punk Rock. Through the early part of the movie Jude has one of those locks of hair hanging right in his face, hanging limp between his eyes. Never thought I would be so old as to say this but that hair is really annoying, no character in the movie asks him about the hair hanging in his face, and he never brushes it out of the way.
Seriously, I felt a lot better about Jude when about halfway through TEN THOUSAND SAINTS he cuts that lock of hair off and has pretty much a normal haircut. But well before that I came to really love this movie. Jude’s Father, Les, so very well played by Ethan Hawke (more or less playing the same type of messed up Father he did in Boyhood) is real big on marijuana. He is also a surrogate Father to Eliza (Hailee Steinfeld, so damn good in True Grit!) who comes to Vermont to spend a weekend with Les’ ex wife, and Jude’s Mother, Harriet (Julianne Nicholson: August Osage County).
A whole lot happens on that cold weekend, Eliza, Jude and Teddy go to a party, get high, Jude gets beaten up, and Teddy loses his virginity to Eliza. Naturally Eliza gets pregnant, and then it really gets complicated. In what seems like a predestined event Jude and Teddy huff Freon taken out of an air conditioner. (These kids have so little access to marijuana they huff paint thinner!) The Freon, of course is a bad idea. Both of them pass out, Teddy dies. The title comes from a Bible passage spoken by the Minister at Teddy’s funeral.
Eliza goes back to her Mother Diane, Les’ girl friend (Emily Mortimer: Hugo, City Island, Shutter Island) in New York City. Jude also goes to New York to live with Les, who tries his best to be a good Father, but a professional pot farmer is not such a good role model. Teddy has an older half brother Johnny (Emile Hirsch: Milk, Speed Racer) who has gone straight edge, that is no drugs, no sex, healthy diet. Johnny also plays in a seriously hard core band, One Man Army. He is also practicing Hare Krishna.
There is much talk about Jude being adopted, that Johnny and Teddy have different Fathers, that Eliza should give up her baby for adoption. And there is much talk about families not necessarily being related. Much like many other movies about teenagers, (Rebel Without a Cause certainly comes to mind,) a surrogate family is formed, with many members, all of whom want to do the right thing for the memory of Teddy, a kid we hardly get to know.
Where do I begin? TEN THOUSAND SAINTS has the complexity, the frustrations, the confusion, the dead ends, and the new beginnings, of real life. The relationships are so complex, the characters so well defined and the story so intimate, and real, and raw that you cannot help but be drawn in and feel that you know these people, or maybe you are, or were, these people.
The setting of New York City when hard core punk was happening, when homeless people were being chased out of Washington Square Park, when kids were doing anything to get high, and often paying the consequences, all of this is so well defined, and quite obviously on a low budget, you cannot help but be impressed.
I don’t want to give away too much plot but Johnny wants to do a seriously right thing and marry Eliza, even though we learn he is not really oriented that way. Of course it’s Jude who really loves her and tries his best to do the right thing as well.
TEN THOUSAND SAINTS is a true ensemble, with every character indelible, and true and memorable. Every actor gets moments, many moments, to shine. Against all the odds there is a happy, a very happy ending. Not ashamed to say it, I wept at the last few minutes of TEN THOUSAND SAINTS, partly from sadness at seeing the story come to an end. I could spend hours with these characters, this movie could be twice as long, or longer, and I would love every minute.
Based on a novel by Eleanor Henderson, which may be where a lot of the joy and heartfelt emotion comes from, this movie is a treasure.
In a very sweet, odd little moment, when they are just getting to know each other Eliza asks Teddy if he is Indian, because of his eyes. He says yes “but Gandhi, not Geronimo.” There are dozens of moments like that, all through TEN THOUSAND SAINTS. This is one of those movies, many are being made now, that deserves to be widely distributed in theaters, but likely will not. Movies that are character driven, that tell a story, that have something valid and real and honest and sincere to say about the human condition, don’t seem to stand a chance to be shown in multiplex theaters anymore. And we are all the more impoverished as a culture because of that.
I have to give TEN THOUSAND SAINTS Five out of Five stars, this movie is a masterpiece. I sincerely would like to see more work from Shari Springer Burman and Robert Pulcini. They have done good work before, such as American Splendor and Cinema Verite’.
Did I mention that TEN THOUSAND SAINTS is also funny? Very, very funny at times. And the music flat kicks ass!
TEN THOUSAND SAINTS opens in theaters, On Demand and iTunes August 14th
See how Jason Sudeikis and Alison Brie’s new comedy SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE earns its R-rating in this brand new Red Band trailer.
Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers Lainey (Alison Brie) and Jake (Jason Sudeikis) meet by chance twelve years later and discover they each have the same problem: because of their monogamy-challenged ways, neither can maintain a relationship.
Determined to stay friends despite their mutual attraction, they make a pact to keep it platonic, a deal that proves easier said than done. Fresh, funny, and full of witty insights about modern love, this hilariously heartfelt film “is the rare rom-com that reminds us why we love them so much in the first place” (Time Out New York).
Amanda Peet, Adam Scott, Natasha Lyonne, and Jason Mantzoukas co-star.
SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE was produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay and is in theaters September 11, 2015 and will open in St. Louis on October 2, 2015 at the Landmark Tivoli Theatre.
Here’s your first look at the new TRUMBO trailer – one of the most anticipated movies of 2015.
Bryan Cranston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Louis C.K., David James Elliott, Elle Fanning, John Goodman, Diane Lane, Alan Tudyk, Michael Stuhlbarg and Helen Mirren star.
The successful career of 1940s screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) comes to a crushing end when he and other Hollywood figures are blacklisted for their political beliefs.
TRUMBO (directed by Jay Roach) tells the story of his fight against the U.S. government and studio bosses in a war over words and freedom, which entangled everyone in Hollywood from Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) and John Wayne to Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger.
Part of the Hollywood Ten, Trumbo won two Academy Awards while blacklisted. With the support of Otto Preminger, Trumbo was credited for his screenplay for the 1960 film EXODUS, adapted from the novel by Leon Uris. Shortly thereafter, Kirk Douglas made public Trumbo’s credit for the screenplay for SPARTACUS (1960), an event which has been cited as the beginning of the end of the blacklist. Trumbo was reinstated in the Writers Guild of America, West, and was credited on all subsequent scripts, including assigning full credit in 2011 for the script of ROMAN HOLIDAY.
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