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Two-Time Oscar Winner Anthony Hopkins in THE VIRTUOSO – Opens in Theaters This Friday in St. Louis

Two-time Oscar Winner Anthony Hopkins stars in THE VIRTUOSO which opens this Friday, April 30th at the following St. Louis-area theaters: The Marcus Arnold, The Marcus Town Square 12 in Darden Prairie, MO, and the Marcus O’Fallon in O’Fallon, IL

This trailer sure looks exciting:

Danger, deception, and murder descend upon a sleepy country town when a professional assassin (Anson Mount) accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic mentor and boss (Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins). Given only where and when along with a cryptic clue, the methodical hit man must identify his mysterious mark from among several possible targets, including a local sheriff (David Morse). Meanwhile, a chance encounter with an alluring woman (Abbie Cornish) at the town’s rustic diner threatens to derail his mission in this noir-style cloak-and-dagger thriller.

THE VIRTUOSO is rated R for violence, sexuality/nudity and language. It stars  Anson Mount, Abbie Cornish, EddieMarsan, Richard Brake , Diora Baird, with David Morse, and Anthony Hopkins (The Mentor). Directed and Produced by: Nick Stagliano and runs 110 Minutes.

30 DAYS OF NIGHT Sequel Starts Production

30 days of night

I’d like to take this time to express how much I really like 30 DAYS OF NIGHT.  Highly suspenseful and even a little bit scary a time or two, the film delivered exactly what it set out to deliver.  While it’s not a great film by any stretch of the imagination, it certainly isn’t predictable,  repetitive and vile as Richard Roeper described it.

So, having said that, why am I not more excited that a sequel has begun principal photography?  I’ll tell you why.  Because this is Ghost House throwing a follow-up together with about as much forethought as shotgun wedding.  It’s going to be straight to DVD (this is already planned), it features actors you’ve rarely seen recently outside of secondary TV roles, and the premise just sounds like a direct-to-DVD premise.  Granted, it is based on Dark Days, the follow-up graphic novel that features Stella travelling to Los Angeles to seek out and destroy more vampires.  That doesn’t mean it should be adapted to film, particularly if you’re not getting Melissa George back to play the lead character.

30 DAYS OF NIGHT: DARK DAYS stars Kiele Sanchez (“Lost”), Diora Baird (THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING), Rhys Coiro (“Entourage” and “24”), Mia Kirshner (“The L Word”) and Harold Perrineau (“Lost” and “Oz”).  Production is taking place in Vancouver under the direction of first-time feature film director Ben Ketai.  A street date has not been announced.