Release Date
January 8, 2010
Writer
Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Genre: Horror/
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Michael Dorman, Claudia Karvan, Sam Neill, Isabel Lucas, Vince Colosimo, Paul Sonkkila
Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Screenwriter: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Producer: Chris Brown, Sean Furst, Bryan Furst
Composer: Christopher Gordon
Studio: Lions Gate Films
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In Daybreakers, the world is ruled by vampires, the result of a plague that has transformed the majority of humans into bloodsuckers. The vampires in this universe are not faced with the typical problems they often face in Hollywood movies - like being chased by werewolves, falling in love with humans or fitting into a tight leather outfit. In this world, vampires go to work at night. They drink "blood coffee" topped with "blood whipping cream". They smoke cigarettes. They drive BMWs. Unfortunately, in this vampire world, there is one colossal predicament they must face - there is a shortage of human blood. As a result, the humans who remain on the earth have been forced into hiding as they are continually being hunted and killed for their blood. Pure human blood is a rare delicacy. The vampires who are not getting enough human blood are turning into winged demons who, in turn, are terrorizing the "normal" vampires. It's a nasty cycle, if you ask me.
Edward Dalton (Ethan Hawke) is a vampire hematologist who is working on a blood substitute that is aimed at sustaining the vampire population. Dalton, ironically, has a soft spot for the humans and refuses to drink the pure blood. This, despite the fact that he works for a company run by Charles Bromley (Sam Neill) that sadistically farms human bodies for their blood. In our world, it would be like a cow farmer who is a vegan - it makes no sense. Nevertheless, Dalton's warmheartedness towards humans leads him to a woman named Audrey who, it turns out, is part of a small rebel alliance that is on the run from the vampires. The outfit is led by a kooky character named Elvis (Willem Dafoe) who carries a secret that could save the human race and ensure that the earth has enough blood for the vampires. Unfortunately for Edward, Audrey and Elvis, Charles Bromley feels this will threaten his lucrative blood business and he assembles his own army to eliminate the trio and all their cohorts. Edward The Vampire and his new human friends must now run for their lives before their secret is lost forever.
The one thing I really liked about Daybreakers is its somewhat unique view of the world of the vampire. Sipping on a blood red latte, endlessly smoking cigarettes, driving in a BMW that blocks the sun - it was all done very well, although they could have cut out the excessive smoking. I mean, really - vampires smoking? Seeing them puff on a blood-soaked human finger, now that would have been cool.
Having the vampires struggling in a world that is short of human blood was also a refreshing twist on what we have seen in the past. Seeing the vampires deteriorate into these grotesque winged creatures added some much needed suspense and a bit of bloodshed to the movie. There are a few scenes where you will be sure to jump in your seat. Unfortunately, the winged critters seemingly disappear as the movie progresses and we are left kind of hanging on that storyline.
This brings me to the next problem with Daybreakers - the storylines. For a movie that was relatively short (it runs somewhere around 90 minutes), there seemed to be a lot happening. Whether it be Dalton's involvement with the humans, his relationship with his brother, Bromley's struggles with his estranged daughter, the struggles of the humans, the endeavours of the vampires, the mutant vampires - there's a lot to wrap your mind around in such a short period of time. I don't know about you, but I don't always have that much space available in my head to do all that wrapping. It made the movie seem to be a bit too much at times and maybe took away from the main focus of the movie - the blood, the vampires and the humans.
Besides that, Daybreakers is blessed by a fabulous performance by Willem Dafoe. He plays the quirky Lionel "Elvis" Cormac who pretty much steals every scene in which he appears. Ethan Hawke is also solid as the much more sombre and serious Dalton. Sam Neill is perfect as the cold-blooded (excuse the pun) executive. I thought that more could have been done with the human, Audrey (Claudia Karvan), who really had little impact on the movie or at least didn't have a very compelling character.
Overall, I will say that I liked Daybreakers. In some ways, it's a fresh look at the vampire genre. The human farm was interesting, as was a vampire hematologist who wouldn't drink blood. I don't think we'll ever see that again. Dafoe and Ethan Hawke were compelling lead characters. There seemed to be a lot of story squeezed into a relatively short movie but it still managed to be an exciting 90 minutes in the theatre. Daybreakers will not be released until January 8th so keep this one on the radar. It will be worth the trip to the cinema in four months time
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Last Chance Harvey Cast & Crew
Director
Joel Hopkins
Starring
Dustin Hoffman
Emma Thompson
Eileen Atkins
Liane Balaban
Kathy Baker
James Brolin
Patrick Baladi
Jamie Sives
Producer
Nicola Usborne
Tim Perell
Photographer
John De Borman
Composer
Dickon Hinchliffe
Screen Writer
Joel Hopkins
Movie review 2009
London-set romantic drama starring Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson as losers experiencing late-flowering love
Last Chance Harvey finds Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson on top form as veteran losers in love who decide to seize the day before arthritis sets in. It's the years of baggage they bring while on a day out in London that lifts the film above so many other romantic comedies, which are frequently the reserve of the vacuous, the wide-eyed and the wrinkle-free.
So much bitter disappointment, all of it written of their faces, has left Harvey (Dustin Hoffman) and Kate (Emma Thompson) lagging behind in the race to find love, and that makes the quest all the more urgent. What makes it surprising, despite a familiar plot, is the fact that these two show a greater level of faith and optimism in life than those neurotic twentysomethings who apart from watching too many watered-down Woody Allen rip-offs, bear no emotional scars.
Harvey has taken many hard knocks, the latest being the threat of getting fired from his job writing the music for advertising jingles. He has that subdued sweaty aura of Jack Lemmon (in, say, The Apartment ) when he assures his boss that he'll only need a day off to fly from New York to London to attend his daughter's wedding and be back fresh on Monday morning to land that proverbial big contract. His focus is so narrow that he barely notices Kate when she approaches him at Heathrow wanting a moment of his time to participate in a survey. She takes the brush-off like so many others with a polite smile and dignified acceptance, though Thompson plays it with a moving undercurrent of resignation.
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Release Date: January 8, 2010 (limited)
Studio: IM Global, Epic Slap
Director: Rick Jacobson
Screenwriter: Eric Gruendemann, Rick Jacobson
Starring: Julia Voth, Erin Cummings, America Olivo, Michael Hurst, Ron Melendez, William Gregory Lee, Minae Noji
Genre: Action, Adventure
MPAA Rating: R (for brutal violence, strong sexual content & language throughout, and brief drug use)
Review: Not Available
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Plot Summary: "Bitch Slap" is a post-modern, thinking man's throwback to the "B" Movie/Exploitation films of the 1950's - 70's as well as a loving, sly parody of the same. Inspired by the likes of "Dragstrip Girl"; "Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill"; "Kung Fu Nun" and the pantheon of Blaxploitation films, "Bitch Slap" will mix girls, guns, outrageous action and jaw-dropping visuals with a message... don't be naughty!
At its core, "Bitch Slap" follows three bad girls (a down-and-out stripper, a drug-running killer and a corporate powerbroker) as they arrive at a remote desert hideaway to extort and steal $200 Million in diamonds from a ruthless underworld kingpin. Things quickly spin out of control as allegiances change, truths are revealed, other criminals arrive for the score, the fate of the world hangs in the balance and they are forced to confront a villain much worse than they ever expected... themselves. It's the ultimate morality tale as, one by one, they realize the whole she-bang was a set-up and one of them may not even be human...
What also makes "Bitch Slap" different is a complicated "B" story device that runs throughout the film to illuminate character, backstory and relationship histories not previously revealed. Like the film "Memento," these scene flashbacks take place in reverse, so by the end of the film, you have a wholly different take on who these women are and why they are behaving so badly. Bet you never saw THAT in "Jailbait Babysitter"!
So grab your popcorn and fasten your safety belt. With "Cult Classic" written all over it, "Bitch Slap" is gonna be one wild ride...
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Cast & Crew
Actor:: Jessica Collins, Mamie Gummer, Will Patton, Ann-margret, Ellen Burstyn, Chris Evans, Bryce Dallas Howard
Director: Jodie Markell
Producer: Joe Mulherin, Avy Kaufman, Leeba Zakharov, Brad Michael Gilbert
Screenwriter: Tennessee Williams
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release Date: December 30, 2009
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Tells the story of Fisher Willow, the disliked 1920s Memphis débutante daughter of a plantation owner with a distaste for narrow-minded people and a penchant for shocking and insulting those around her. After returning from studies overseas,
Fisher falls in love with Jimmy, the down-and-out son of an alcoholic father and an insane mother who works at a store on her family's plantation. She tries to pass him off as an upper-class suitor to appease the spinster aunt who controls her family's fortune, but when she loses a diamond,
A young and rebellious socialite Fisher Willow, tainted by a family scandal, boldly hires farm hand Jimmy Dobyne to be her escort for the elaborate party season. As her passion for Jimmy grows, Fisher defies social convention and the burden of history to risk everything for a chance at real love... until the loss of a priceless diamond sets off a series of accusations and betrayals that threaten to shatter their hopes for the future. With his indelible characters and breathtaking Southern backdrops, Williams paints a heartbreaking tale of seduction and loss
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Being a big fan of Bryce Dallas Howard and an avid admirer of all things Tennessee Williams I was adamant to see this, a film produced from a forgotten screenplay of his. This is classic kind of story of his, focusing on the Fisher Willow - a privileged girl returning from her studies abroad and disgraced in Memphis society for her father's ruthless actions. She's a complex girl yearning to break free, brilliantly blasé over the airs and graces of her débutante peers, she's lost her reputation but not her sparkling wit - and Bryce Dallas Howard flawlessly tackles the accent and sass of a southern Belle. With no eligible bachelor willing to take her to social events she enlists the help of a farm boy grandson of a mayor Jimmy (played passably by Chris Evans) to escort her to these "agonising parties". She also makes moves on him through her own sad manners of seduction but to no avail, he is too distanced by societal divisions and his own sense of inadequacy.
The story eventually slows down and focuses on a grand Halloween party during which the titular incident takes place and the drama unfolds. This is a very handsome film - fluid camera-work, gorgeous production design, lovely Southern scenery - it's a story on a small-scale but wonderfully theatrical execution with excellent support from Mamie Gummer and Ellen Bursty. Amidst the chaos of the party there are a few dramatic arias that are quite old fashioned but effective and segue into only more revelations, yet throughout Howard maintains enough exuberance, conviction and restraint to hold onto the audience's affection and so that we feel her internal struggle. She is just a delight
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Cast & Crew
Cast :Christian Friedel ,Ernst Jacobi ,Leonie Benesch ,Ulrich Tukur ,The Baron ,Susanne Lothar ,Ursina Lardi ,Fion Mutert,Michael Kranz ,Burghart Klaußner , Steffi Kühnert ,Maria-Victoria Dragus ,Leonard Proxauf,Levin Henning
Director: Michael Haneke
Writer: Michael Haneke
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Data premiery: 2009-12-30
Genre: Crime | Drama | Mystery
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There are well over 30 named characters in The White Ribbon, the latest and largest film from acclaimed Austrian auteur Michael Haneke. Shot in luscious black-and-white (replete with stunningly rigorous compositions that visually further his themes), and once again in his native German after a series of successful films in French, The White Ribbon depicts life in a small Protestant village in northern Germany just before the advent of World War I. Like most of Haneke's previous films, it comes with an uncompromising moral point-of-view attached.
Sony Pictures Classics will benefit from the Haneke mini-craze that has swept the art-film circuit since the director's previous films like The Piano Teacher and Caché. It's a superb cinematic work and an appropriately serious one, given its subject matter and its intentions. Still, its stately pace and its purposely de-dramatized scenes may keep it from attaining the box-office figures of the director's previous, perhaps flashier forays in the U.S. and European markets. What will help in the States is SPC's wise decision to release it with its extensive voiceover spoken in English.
The film is narrated by its central character, a young teacher, decades after the events depicted. Though the many children all have names, the adults, further extending the film's symbolic implications, tend to be known mostly through their generic roles, e.g., the Baron, the Pastor, the Farmer, the Doctor, and so on. Life in the village is strictly hierarchical, and everyone knows his or her place. An inhuman, never questioned moral code holds sway, especially over the children who are constantly punished, both physically and psychologically, for the slightest infraction. The women are similarly brutalized and under the thumb of the village's unabashed patriarchy. The adult males, on the other hand, engage in clandestine acts of evil and cruelty that are kept hushed up.
One day the order of things begins to unravel. First, the doctor, on horseback, is tripped up by an invisible wire and his injuries put him in the hospital for months. Then several children, including the son of the Baron and the retarded child of the doctor's mistress, are severely beaten. Later, the Baron's barn is set on fire. Who are the guilty ones? It is the teacher who finally figures out, to the surprise of no one, that it is the children that are wreaking the havoc, partly out of revenge for their mistreatment, and partly because they have so totally internalized the sick values of their parents.
On a more symbolic level, though Haneke is too much the serious artist to spell it out, it's clear that this portrait of a sick society is meant to explain, at least partially, the horrendous war that breaks out at the very end of the film, and the fascism that quickly followed in its wake.
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Starring : Ranvir Shorey, Neha Dhupia, Rajat Kapoor, Vinay Pathak more...
Director : Saurabh Shukla
Language : Hindi
Genre : Comedy
Banner : Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC)
Release Date : Dec 31 2009
Baat Gayi is a film about three couples and a keen observation on the modern day marriage.
Rahul wakes up with a bad hangover after a party the night before. There he had met a sexy young woman Sophia. They got drunk and there were sparks flying. But Rahul doesn’t remember what happened after that. Did they…go all the way?
His wife, Mitali, is in a particularly bad mood and Rahul suspects that she might know about his little escapade last night. Rahul starts chasing his night – trying to retrieve it – trying to find out what really happened.
His friends Saxena and Amit are going through their own marital crisis of sorts. Driven to his wits end, he realizes that he must seek Sophia out to restore his sanity.
This movie is under the Pritish Nandy Communications banner. This movie wins the Best Film Award at HBOs New York South Asian International Film Festival, 2009. Director Saurabh Shukla and actor Rajat Kapoor were present to receive the award.
The film is written by Saurabh Shukla and Rajat Kapoor and has music by Ankur Tewari. The movie stars Rajat Kapoor, Neha Dhupia, Vinay Pathak, Iravati Harshe Mayadev,Dalip Tahil, Navnit Nishaan, Anu Menon, and Ranvir Shorey.
A comedy of errors and manners, there’s something very classical yet fresh about Indian director/actor Saurabh Shukla’s new film. And while it doesn’t bat one hundred percent, it’s an honest little take on the breakdown of communication that can happen within relationships.
Rahul (Rajat Kapoor) and his wife, Mitali (Iravati Harshe) attend a big bash for a writer friend, and it is here that Rahul encounters the enchanting Sophia (Neha Dhupia, a former Miss India). There’s little doubt that these two have a connection, a real spark, that they coyly disentangle throughoutthe night . Things escalate, alcohol plays its part, and Rahul wakes up the next morn with no clear recollection of last’s night events and a livid wife.
The film is structured around putting the puzzle that is the party back together, with Rahul visiting his goofball pal Amit (Vinay Pathak), who was also at the party. Amit also happens to be dealing with marriage issues of his own, when his wife, Nandini (Anu Menon) stumbles on a little internet pornography he’s been ogling.