As the summer movie season begins to wind down a bit and the little ones return to school, it is a sign that the best films of the year are approaching. You see, studios like to have their best films fresh on the minds of critics when award season rolls around. While 2014 has been a disappointing year in film so far, there is a light at the end of the tunnel and it is fast approaching.
Every week we share the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: Sex Tape, The Purge:
It’s the end of the week, and I’m ready to kick back, relax, watch a movie, drink a glass of good, red wine… What’s better than doing that with my fellow cinephiles? How’s your week been?
Nothing is more disturbing than a Disney Princess gone bad. Artist Jeffrey Thomas proves this with his creepy Twisted Princesses artwork on deviantART. Along with most of the illustrations, Thomas tells a story depicting his creative alternate film endings for each female character.
There are a million great films outside the U.S, it’s just you haven’t seen them. Good fortune smiles on you today because I’m here to show 15 foreign flicks you should have seen a long time ago.
Every week we share the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Boyhood, Land Ho!
The Last of Robin Hood is an indie biographical drama movie, recounting life of Erroll Flynn and his relationship with teenage actress Beverly Aadland, who is trying to make it in Hollywood. It was directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. It features Kevin Kline as Erroll Flynn, Dakota Fanning as Beverly Aadland and Susan Sarandon as her mother, Florence Aadland.
Calvary chronicles a week in the life of Irish Catholic Priest, Father James Lavelle (Brendan Gleeson). When we meet him, Father Lavelle hears a haunting confession: the man was abused by a priest in his youth.
After his supporting roles in the hugely successful 12 Years a Slave and Ridley Scott’s very underwhelming The Counselor last year, Brad Pitt is ready to take on the lead part again. His next big upcoming project is Fury, written and directed by David Ayer, famous for crime/cop movies like End of Watch, Harsh Times and Training Day. Other cast members include Shia LeBeouf, Logan Lerman and Scott Eastwood.
In the following animated video, a dozen and more story worlds are mashed together as Gandalf and Gollum fight, Batman goes into battle with the Joker and Two Face, Sith battle Jedi, Superman and Superwoman fight crime together. This must be one of the best promo-reels I’ve ever seen, and it’s definitely a must-see! Watch the video – you’ll definitely enjoy it.
In this animated short film called Francis, a young man tells us about his memories of a camping trip. As he grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, he’d often go camping in the Quetico Provincial Park, up on the border of Minnesota and Canada. However, he won’t be going back there any time soon, not after what happened there to Francis Brandywine.
Short after completing the shoots The Drop in June 2013, legendary actor James Gandolfini sadly passed away. In a few months’ time, we will finally see his last appearance in film. The Drop is directed by Michaël R.
If you’re a bit like me, you’re eagerly awaiting the release of the third part of the The Hunger Games film franchise: Mockingjay Part 1. I was already a fan of the books before the films came out, and I’m a satisfied fan – in my opinion, they’re doing really good at translating the original trilogy to the screen.
Last year, Denis Villeneuve directed one of the most pleasant surprises of the year with Prisoners, an unrelentingly tense film about child abduction that presented intriguing moral questions while also providing satisfying twists and turns throughout. That filmed starred Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal. Gyllenhaal has teamed up with Villeneuve again in Enemy, a much smaller and much, much more mind-bending film than Prisoners.
Every week we share the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: Tammy, Deliver Us From Evil, Earth to Echo and Life Itself.