Winner of both the Grand Jury Prize for dramatic feature and the Audience Award for U.S. dramatic film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, director Ryan Coogler’s FRUITVALE STATION follows the true story of Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan), a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who wakes up on the morning of December 31, 2008 and feels something in the air.
Not sure what it is, he takes it as a sign to get a head start on his resolutions: being a better son to his mother (Octavia Spencer), whose birthday falls on New Year’s Eve, being a better partner to his girlfriend Sophina (Melonie Diaz), who he hasn’t been completely honest with as of late, and being a better father to Tatiana (Ariana Neal), their beautiful four year-old daughter.
Crossing paths with friends, family, and strangers, Oscar starts out well, but as the day goes on, he realizes that change is not going to come easily. His resolve takes a tragic turn, however, when BART officers shoot him in cold blood at the Fruitvale subway stop on New Year’s Day. Oscar’s life and tragic death would shake the Bay Area – and the entire nation – to its very core.
FRUITVALE STATION opens nationwide July 26th.
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In order to shed her uptight image before college, Valedictorian Brandy Klark creates a “to do list” of all the “activities” she missed out on in high school. Quickly realizing that she’s way out of her depth, Brandy solicits her two best friends, her older sister and her burnt-out boss for their help and advice. But even with the guidance of those closest to her, Brandy can’t foresee that emotions are not easily kept to the margins.
Featuring the hottest cast of the summer including Aubrey Plaza, Johnny Simmons, Bill Hader, Alia Shawkat, Sarah Steele, Scott Porter, Rachel Bilson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Andy Samberg, Donald Glover, with Connie Britton and Clark Gregg, THE TO DO LIST is a comedy set in 1993 about a Type A girl, her to do list, and all of the outrageous lessons she awkwardly learns over the summer between high school and college.
The film will be in theaters July 26th.
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THE TO DO LIST marks the big screen debut of director, writer and comedian Maggie Carey. The Boise native graduated college and followed her love for comedy to the big city, New York City.The film, “is a classic coming-of-age comedy about a girl who wants to lose her virginity. What I wanted to capture is that feeling when you’re young and you want to know about something. You just want this information, but you really can’t know it until you have experienced it,” Carey says.
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Rated R for pervasive strong crude and sexual content including graphic dialogue, drug and alcohol use, and language – all involving teens.
CBS Films presents a Varsity Pictures / Mark Gordon Company production, THE TO DO LIST. Written and Directed by Maggie Carey, and loosely inspired by her adventures, the film is produced by Jennifer Todd, Brian Robbins and Sharla Sumpter Bridgett. The executive producers are Mark Gordon, Maggie Carey, Bill Hader, Tracy McGrath, Greg Walter and Tom Lassally. The Director of Photography is Doug Emmett. The Production Designer is Ryan Berg. The film’s editor is Paul Frank. Music is by Raney Shockne. The Music Supervisor is Howard Paar. The Costume Designer is Trayce Gigi Field.
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Wong Kar Wai, THE GRANDMASTER is an epic action feature inspired by the life and times of the legendary kung fu master, Ip Man. The story spans the tumultuous Republican era that followed the fall of China’s last dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war that was also the golden age of Chinese martial arts.
Watch the brand new trailer below.
Filmed in a range of stunning locations that include the snow-swept landscapes of Northeast China and the subtropical South, THE GRANDMASTER features virtuoso performances by some of the greatest stars of contemporary Asian cinema, including Tony Leung and Ziyi Zhang.
The Weinstein Company will release the film in theaters on August 23rd.
The summer heats up as The Metropolitan Opera and NCM Fathom Events once again present the fifth year of Summer HD Encores, a series of encore performances from the groundbreaking Live in HD series, in nearly 400 select U.S. cinemas nationwide including five theaters in St. Louis.
The Summer HD Encore series has one event remaining:
Natalie Dessay stars as Verdi’s most beloved heroine in Willy Decker’s stunning production, first seen at The Met in 2010. Matthew Polenzani is her lover, Alfredo, and Dimitri Hvorostovsky sings his stern father, Germont. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium. Fabio Luisi conducts.
This performance was originally transmitted live on Saturday, April 14, 2012.
Running times are approximate, and theaters are subject to change.
Tickets for The Met: Live in HD Summer 2013 Encores, are available at www.FathomEvents.com or at participating theater box offices.
The SummerEncore Series is playing at the following movie theaters:
This fall, the highest-grossing movie of the year, Marvel’s IRON MAN 3, launches on HD Digital 3D and HD Digital September 3, 2013, and on 3-Disc 3D Blu-ray Super Set, 2-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack with Digital Copy, 2-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD, SD Digital and On-Demand platforms September 24, 2013, featuring top-flight bonus features, including the all-new “Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter”.
Called “bold” (Reelz) and “the best ‘Iron Man’ yet” (Access Hollywood), this blockbuster third chapter in the Iron Man series pits the brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against his ultimate enemy, The Mandarin, for the year’s most spectacular action adventure!
Marvel will hold a special screening of the film Friday, July 19 at 7:00 p.m. PT at the Reading Cinemas Gaslamp 15! Hit up the Marvel Booth (#2329) at the San Diego Convention Center to get your tickets during the show for the chance to be one of the first to see “Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter”.
Marvel’s IRON MAN 3 has earned a record-breaking $1.2 billion dollars in theaters worldwide, making it the biggest hit in the Iron Man series and the fifth highest grossing feature film of all time. Now, viewers everywhere can experience the action-packed excitement on Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Copy, featuring “Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter,” the fourth entry in the fan-favorite “One-Shot” series.
Starring Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter of Marvel’s “Captain America: The First Avenger,” AGENT CARTER takes place after the events of “The First Avenger” and offers the latest exciting expansion of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Other bonus features include an exclusive behind-the-scenes look into Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World,” which shows off the spectacular new worlds, unforgettable characters, and pulse-pounding thrills of the upcoming blockbuster movie, and two behind-the-scenes featurettes “Iron Man 3 Unmasked,” in which the film’s cast and crew offer a crash course in epic movie-making, Marvel-style, and “Deconstructing The Scene: Attack On Air Force One,” which allows viewers to jump right into the excitement of creating one of the film’s most memorable action sequences.
Additional extras include a Gag Reel, Deleted & Extended Scenes, and Audio Commentary with Screenwriter Drew Pearce & Screeenwriter/Director Shane Black.
The full range of Marvel’s “Iron Man 3” home entertainment offerings and bonus features are as follows:
PACKAGING & BONUS FEATURES:
3-Disc 3D Super Set (Blu-ray 3D+Blu-ray+DVD+Digital Copy+Music Download)
Bonus Includes:
Marvel One Shot: Agent Carter
Exclusive Behind-The-Scenes Look Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World”
Marvel’s Iron Man 3 Unmasked
Deconstructing The Scene: Attack On Air Force One
Gag Reel
Deleted/Extended Scenes
Audio Commentary With Drew Pearce & Shane Black
And more!
2-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack with Digital Copy (Blu-ray+DVD+Digital Copy)
Bonus Includes:
Same as the 3-Disc 3D Blu-ray Super Set above
2-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray+DVD)
Bonus Includes:
Same as the 3-Disc 3D Blu-ray Super Set above
1-Disc DVD + Digital Copy
Bonus Includes:
Deconstructing The Scene: Attack On Air Force One
Exclusive Behind-The-Scenes Look Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World”
High-Definition & Standard Definition Digital
Bonus offerings vary per select digital retailers
DISC SPECIFICATIONS:
Street Date: September 24, 2013 (Direct Prebook: 7/30; Distrib. Prebook: 8/13)
Digital & On-Demand = please check with your television provider or favorite digital retailer for pricing
Feature Run Time: 130 Minutes
Ratings: U.S.: PG-13 For Sequences Of Intense Sci-Fi Action and Violence Throughout, and Brief Suggestive Content (bonus features not rated)
Aspect Ratio: Blu-ray & DVD = 2.40:1
Audio: Blu-ray 3D & Blu-ray 2D = English 7.1 DTS-HDMA, French-Canadian 7.1 DTS-HDHR, Latin Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, English DVS 2.0 Dolby Digital
DVD = English/Latin Spanish/French Canadian 5.1 Dolby, English DVS 2.0 Dolby Digital
Languages/Subtitles: English, French & Spanish
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Marvel Studios’ “Iron Man 3” pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: Does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stephanie Szostak, James Badge Dale, with Jon Favreau and Ben Kingsley, “Iron Man 3” is directed by Shane Black from a screenplay by Drew Pearce & Shane Black and is based on Marvel’s iconic Super Hero Iron Man, who first appeared on the pages of “Tales of Suspense” (#39) in 1963 and had his solo comic book debut with “The Invincible Iron Man” (#1) in May of 1968.
“Iron Man 3” is presented by Marvel Studios in association with Paramount Pictures and DMG Entertainment. Marvel Studios’ President Kevin Feige is producing and Jon Favreau, Louis D’Esposito, Charles Newirth, Victoria Alonso, Stephen Broussard, Alan Fine, Stan Lee and Dan Mintz are executive producers.
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, the film earned the second biggest domestic opening of all time with $174.1M, crossed the $1 billion global box office threshold in 23 days of release, and currently stands as the #5 worldwide release of all time.
The powerful, new trailer has arrived for director Steve McQueen’s 12 YEARS A SLAVE starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fasbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Lupita Nyong’o, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, and Alfre Woodard.
McQueen and Fassbender worked together on 2011’s SHAME.
Rest assured, 12 YEARS A SLAVE will garnish awards and catapult careers to new heights.
12 YEARS A SLAVE is based on an incredible true story of one man’s fight for survival and freedom.
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty (personified by a malevolent slave owner, portrayed by Michael Fassbender), as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity.
In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist (Brad Pitt) will forever alter his life.
Excited to see what storms out of San Diego this week at Comic Con 2013 for the upcoming GODZILLA movie? Mondo has released 2 impressive posters to herald the King of the Monsters rising from the rubble. In addition, fans can own the two posters.
Watch a message from the film’s director and prepare for the first GODZILLA encounter at Comic-Con here: http://GodzillaEncounter.com
Gareth Edwards is directing from a screenplay by Max Borenstein, Frank Darabont and Dave Callaham. GODZILLA stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, with David Strathairn and Bryan Cranston.
Emily Blunt and Tom Cruise in a scene from EDGE OF TOMORROW. Warner Bros. Pictures
EDGE OF TOMORROW has been announced as the title of the upcoming sci-fi thriller starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, directed by Doug Liman and based on the book All You Need is Kill.
The movie, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures, is set for release on June 6, 2014, and the first look at footage from the film will be unveiled by the Studio at this year’s International Comic-Con: San Diego on Saturday, July 20. The announcement was made today by Sue Kroll, President, Worldwide Marketing and International Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures.
Kroll stated, “We are extremely pleased to be able to give the Comic-Con audience, who’ve always been so supportive of us, the first peek at footage from ‘Edge of Tomorrow.’ The movie has all of us at the Studio very excited, and we can’t wait to see the reactions of fans who know and love the sci-fi genre so well.”
The epic action of EDGE OF TOMORROW unfolds in a near future in which an alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world.
Lt. Col. Bill Cage (Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously dropped into what amounts to little more than a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop—forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again…and again.
But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage the adversaries with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Blunt). And, as Cage and Rita take the fight to the aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy.
The international cast of EDGE OF TOMORROW also includes Bill Paxton (“Aliens,” HBO’s “Big Love”), Kick Gurry (Australian TV’s “Tangle”), Dragomir Mrsic (“Snabba Cash II”), Charlotte Riley (“World Without End”), Jonas Armstrong (BBC TV’s “Robin Hood”), and Franz Drameh (“Attack the Block”).
Liman directs the film from a screenplay by Dante W. Harper and Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth and Christopher McQuarrie, based on the acclaimed novel All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. Erwin Stoff produces, along with Tom Lassally, Jason Hoffs, Gregory Jacobs and Jeffrey Silver. The executive producers are Doug Liman, Dave Bartis, Joby Harold, Hidemi Fukuhara, and Bruce Berman, with Kim Winther and Tim Lewis serving as co-producers.
The behind-the-scenes team includes Academy Award®-winning director of photography Dion Beebe (“Memoirs of a Geisha”), production designer Oliver Scholl (“Jumper,” “Independence Day”), editor James Herbert (“Sherlock Holmes,” “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”), costume designer Kate Hawley (“Pacific Rim”), and Oscar®-nominated visual effects supervisor Nick Davis (“The Dark Knight”).
EDGE OF TOMORROW is a presentation of Warner Bros. Pictures, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures. Opening domestically on June 6, 2014, the film will be distributed in 2D and 3D in select theatres and IMAX by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow.
In celebration of the upcoming release of OBLIVION on Blu-ray and DVD on August6th, here is a new image of a post-apocalyptic 2017 San Diego Convention Center in ruins, created by Andree Wallin, the concept illustrator for OBLIVION.
Specially commissioned for this year’s convention, the image will be available as limited edition tote bags and handed out daily at the Geek magazine booth (#4014) with a special code wordavailable via Geek magazine’s Twitter account.
On a desolate, nearly ruined future Earth, Tom Cruise (Mission Impossible Franchise) and Academy Award® winner Morgan Freeman (The Dark Knight Rises, Wanted) star in the ground-breaking cinematic event Oblivion, a visually stunning, post- Apocalyptic thriller. A glimpse of a perilous future from visionary filmmaker Joseph Kosinski (TRON: Legacy) and the producers of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Oblivion is “unlike anything you’ve ever seen” (Moviefanatic’s Joel Amos), as one man confronts his mysterious past in a journey of redemption and discovery.
Based on Kosinski’s acclaimed graphic novel, the film also stars Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace, Seven Psychopaths), Andrea Riseborough (W.E., Happy-Go-Lucky), Nikolaj Coster- Waldau (Mama, “Game of Thrones”) and Oscar®-winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter, Frozen River). Oblivion will be available on Digital July 23, 2013 as well as Blu-ray™ Combo Pack with DVD, Digital including UltraViolet™, and On Demand on August 6, 2013, from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
It is 2077 and Earth has been decimated. Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) is a drone repairman on the evacuated planet, working with his partner Vika (Andrea Riseborough) to salvage vital resources. As their assignment approaches its final days, Jack rescues a beautiful stranger (Olga Kurylenko) from a downed spacecraft, triggering a chain of events that forces him to question everything he thought he knew and leaves humanity’s fate in his hand. Intense, spectacular, and exciting (Scott Mantz, Access Hollywood), Oblivion combines a taut and original story with mind-bending special effects for an epic adventure that shouldn’t be missed.
The Blu-ray™ Combo Pack allows fans to view Oblivion anytime, anywhere on the platform of their choice. It includes a Blu-ray™ disc, a DVD, and Digital including UltraViolet™ for the ultimate, complete viewing experience.
• Blu-ray™ disc unleashes the power of your HDTV and is the best
• Blu-ray™ disc unleashes the power of your HDTV and is the best way to watch movies at
home, featuring perfect hi-def picture and hi-def sound.
• DVD offers the flexibility and convenience of playing movies in more places, both at home
and away.
• UltraViolet™ is a revolutionary new way for fans to collect their movies and TV shows in the
cloud. UltraViolet™ lets consumers instantly stream and download to tablets, smartphones,
computers and TVs, including iPad®, iPhone®, Android™ and more.
• Also includes Digital Copy.
Bonus Features on Blu-rayTM and DVD
• Feature Commentary with Tom Cruise and director Joseph Kosinski
• Deleted Scenes
• Promise of a New World: The Making of Oblivion—A comprehensive and thoughtprovoking
multi-part feature covering the making of Oblivion, including:
o Destiny – Looks inside the conceptualization, development and preproduction
of Oblivion and the planning that went into the Herculean task of
shooting the epic film.
o Voyage – Follows the creation of the amazing Bubble Ship from its early
design conception to its journey around the world. (Blu-rayTM exclusive)
o Combat – Explores the film’s ground-breaking action and death-defying
stunts, all performed by one of the most popular movie stars in the world. (BlurayTM
exclusive)
o Illusion – Focuses on the film’s post-production and dazzling visual effects.
o Harmony – Delves into the innovative musical world of M83.
• M83 Isolated Score—Watch the entire film accompanied by the evocative music track.
SYNOPSIS:
This groundbreaking cinematic event stars Tom Cruise as Jack Harper, the lone security repairman stationed on a desolate, nearly-ruined future Earth. When he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft, her arrival triggers a nonstop chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows, and leaves humanity’s fate in his hands. Academy Award® winner Morgan Freeman joins Cruise in this “visually stunning” (Pete Hammond, MOVIELINE,) explosive story from the director of TRON: Legacy and the producer of Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
CAST AND FILMMAKERS:
Cast: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau,
Melissa Leo
Directed by: Joseph Kosinski
Based on the Graphic Novel by: Joseph Kosinski
Screenplay by: Karl Gajdusek, Michael deBruyn
Executive Producers: Jesse Berger, Dave Morrison
Producers: Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark, Barry Levine, Duncan Henderson
Director of Photography: Claudio Miranda
Production Designer: Darren Gilford
Editor: Richard Francis-Bruce
Costume Designer: Marlene Stewart
Music by: M83
TECHNICAL INFORMATION – BLU-RAY™
Street Date: August 6, 2013
Copyright: 2013 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Selection Numbers: 61125006 (U.S.), 61125650 (CDN)
Running Time: 2 hours, 5 minutes
Layers: BD-50
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 2.40:1
Rating: PG-13 for sci-fi action violence, brief strong language, and some sensuality/nudity
Technical Info: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, DVS – 2.0 Dolby Digital DTS (English); Digital Surround
5.1 (Spanish and French)
Subtitles: English SDH, French and Spanish
TECHNICAL INFORMATION – DVD
Street Date: August 6, 2013
Copyright: 2013 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Selection Numbers: 61123150 (U.S.), 61125649 (CDN)
Running Time: 2 hours, 5 minutes
Layers: Dual Layer
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1
Rating: PG-13 for sci-fi action violence, brief strong language, and some sensuality/nudity
Technical Info: Dolby Digital 5.1(English); Dolby Digital 5.1 (Spanish)
Subtitles: English SDH, French and Spanish
Via director Bryan Singer’s Twitter page, actor Lucas Till is returning as Alex Summers/Havoc for X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST.
20th Century Fox will release the next installment on May 23, 2014. Last time moviegoers saw the Mutants was in X-MEN: FIRST CLASS in 2011.
In addition to Till, the film will star Jennifer Lawrence, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Nicholas Hoult, Ellen Page, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Shawn Ashmore, Daniel Cudmore, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart.
