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THREE NIGHTS IN THE DESERT Set Visit Preview

by Heather Warburton    Posted: December 24th, 2011 at 8:00 am

I recently visited the set of Three Nights in The Desert, a small film co-produced by New Artists Alliance and Caliber Media, directed by Gabe Cowan and starring Wes Bentley (American Beauty), Amber Tamblyn (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) and Vincent Piazza (Boardwalk Empire). The three friends and former band-mates reunite for a weekend in the desert, pushing each other to reflect on the different directions their lives have taken them in.

Look for full interviews as the film develops, but hit the jump for more info on the director’s rational approach to indie-film financing, and more details about how the project came together.

First Trailer for MAIN STREET Starring Colin Firth, Patricia Clarkson, Amber Tamblyn, and Orlando Bloom

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: July 22nd, 2011 at 2:24 pm

Magnolia has released the first trailer for Main Street, a drama about “the residents of a small Southern city are changed forever by the arrival of a stranger with a controversial plan to save their decaying hometown.”  It’s worth a watch for Colin Firth and Orlando Bloom trying on Southern accents.  There’s something about the transition from proper English to Southern drawl that sounds unnatural, especially when Bloom is acting opposite Margo Martindale, who owns the homespun phrasing.

I honestly couldn’t get past it, but you can give it a shot after the break.  Ellen Burstyn, Patricia Clarkson, Amber Tamblyn also star.  Main Street premieres on VOD August 5, followed by theatrical release September 9.

New Posters for TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, TAKE SHELTER, MAIN STREET, and RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES; Hi-Res Poster for HUGO

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: July 19th, 2011 at 8:48 am

New posters have been released for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Take Shelter, Main Street, and Rise of the Planet of the Apes.    The UK Tinker Tailor poster is pretty slick, the Take Shelter does a satisfactory job of conveying the film’s sense of dread and isolation, the Main Street poster [which @DarkHorizons tells me is the same design they used when promoting it in international markets two years ago] is painfully bland, and the Thai banner for Rise of the Planet of the Apes proves yet again that an ape staring you down will make you want to see the movie featuring said ape.  We also have a hi-res version of the poster for Martin Scorsese’s Hugo.

Hit the jump to check out the posters.  Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy opens November 18th, Take Shelter opens September 30th, Main Street hits VOD on August 5th and theaters on September 9th, Rise of the Planet of the Apes opens August 5th, and Hugo arrives in 3D on November 23rd.

127 HOURS Blu-ray Review

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: March 10th, 2011 at 3:00 pm

The main character of 127 Hours, Aron Ralston, is a real person and the film is based on his experience of being pinned to a cliff for a period of time that should be self-evident. As such – with a clock and an unavoidable ending – any film based on this event is bound to be something of an exercise. That’s not a knock against the movie – it’s just that what’s going to happen is predetermined by one’s knowledge of the events. Much like Into the Wild or Milk, I guess an audience could not know where the narrative is going, but that’s not the point with these movies. For director Danny Boyle, it was his follow up to his Academy award winning picture Slumdog Millionaire. For James Franco – who stars as Ralston – it a chance to show that he could carry a movie by himself, which led to an Oscar nomination. And for the audience it’s an interesting, but ultimately unsatisfying meditation on one character coming to terms with his life. My review of 127 Hours on Blu-ray follows after the jump.

New Trailer and Poster for Danny Boyle’s 127 HOURS Starring James Franco

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: October 7th, 2010 at 2:10 pm

Fox Searchlight has released a new trailer and poster for Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours.  The film has been picking up highly-positive buzz on the festival circuit.  While the first trailer for the movie barely noted that protagonist Aron Ralston (played by James Franco) became trapped under a boulder while mountain climbing, this new trailer spends its second-half showing his desperation.  Franco looks tremendous and I’m now even more excited to see this film.

Hit the jump to check out the new trailer and poster.  127 Hours co-stars Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, and Clemence Poesy.  It opens November 5th.

First Clip from Danny Boyle’s 127 HOURS Starring James Franco

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: September 13th, 2010 at 2:05 pm

The first clip from Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours has gone online.  The film is about real-life mountaineer Aron Ralston who was forced to amputate his own arm after he became trapped under a boulder.  You won’t see that in this clip.  This clip is of a much happier time with Ralston (played by James Franco) swimming with two fellow climbers (played by Kata Mara and Amber Tamblyn).  Basically, there’s no need to worry about spoilers with this clip because they’re clearly holding on to the more intense stuff for later (although I’m pretty sure you can’t put footage of a dude cutting off his own arm with a pocket knife into an all-audiences approved trailer, so that’s probably safe from marketing).

Hit the jump to check out the clip.  127 Hours has been receiving highly positive notices as it travels the festival circuit. It’s currently playing at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival and it will close out the London Film Festival.  It’s set to open domestically on November 5th.

Amy Ryan Returning to THE OFFICE, James Tupper Joins GREY’S ANATOMY, Tammy Blanchard for THE GOOD WIFE & Amber Tamblyn on HOUSE M.D.

by Ethan Anderton    Posted: July 15th, 2010 at 10:33 pm

The casting updates for series returning this fall just keep on coming. First up, it sounds like some big things are in store for Steve Carell’s last season of The Office as Zap2It reports Amy Ryan will reprise her role as Holly Flax, the former lover/co-worker of World’s Greatest Boss Michael Scott. And this isn”t just going to be a measly one-episode guest appearance as Holly will be returning to Scranton for no less than eight episodes. This isn’t entirely surprising since the end of last season saw Michael asking Sabre CEO Jo (Kathy Bates) to bring Holly back to the branch. Things should get pretty interesting since Holly doesn’t seem to be very pleased that she’s returning to Michael’s home court.

Hit the jump for some new additions to the casts of Grey’s Anatomy, The Good Wife and House M.D.

Danny Boyle Hires Two Cinematographers; Talks about Dialogue for 127 HOURS

by Keith Demko    Posted: February 26th, 2010 at 9:56 am

With filming set to start very soon on his next flick, 127 Hours, Danny Boyle is faced with a unique challenge: How do you bring energy to the obviously static image of James Franco clinging to life all alone as trapped mountain climber Aron Ralston for much of the movie?

Well, as he revealed in the latest issue of Empire [via The Playlist] , he’s hired two cinematographers, Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak, who respectively shot 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later. Here’s what Boyle said having two cinematographers brings to the project:

“One is from Northern Europe and the other is South American. They’ll bring different things to it. Like in a conventional film you’d have a comic character and a villain.”

Sounds like a fascinating approach to what should be an excellent movie. Hit the jump to read more of what Boyle had to say, and for a quick synopsis of the movie.

Kate Mara set to Spend 127 Hours with James Franco and Director Danny Boyle

by Keith Demko    Posted: February 12th, 2010 at 6:53 am

Before James Franco gets trapped under a boulder and has to amputate his own arm in Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours, it seems he’ll at least first get to enjoy the company of two beautiful young women along the way.

Joining the previously announced Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara is now in negotiations to also join the cast. The duo would play a pair of hikers that Franco’s character, Aron Ralston, meets near the beginning of his rather perilous journey. For anyone unfamiliar with his story, Ralston is a mountaineer who became trapped while climbing in Utah and was forced to remove his own arm to survive. The harrowing tale, which is being scripted by Simon Beaufoy, should give Boyle, Franco and their two lady friends plenty of great stuff to work with.

Hit the jump to find out more about what Kate Mara has been up to lately.

Casting News: Cate Blanchett Meets HANNA, Amber Tamblyn Counts Down 127 HOURS, and Mia Wasikowska Brings JANE EYRE to Life

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: February 8th, 2010 at 9:42 pm

‘Tis a very good night for Hollywood actresses, as we learn from Deadline Hollywood that three of the loveliest leading ladies in show business scored high profile roles.  Cate Blanchett will join Saoirse Ronan and Eric Bana in Joe Wright’s Hanna, the story of a 14-year-old girl trained by her father to assassinate a high-ranking government official.  Amber Tamblyn will play the female lead opposite James Franco in Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours, the story of the mountain climber Aron Ralston, who survived being trapped under a boulder by cutting off his own arm.  Finally, Mia Wasikowska will help bring literary classic Jane Eyre to the big screen under the guide of Sin Nombre writer/director Cary Fukunaga.

For more details on each project, please hit the jump.

AFM Coverage: Posters and Synopses for BURKE AND HARE, ELECTRIC SLIDE, IRISHMAN, EFFIE, MAIN ST., CASH

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 22nd, 2009 at 8:28 pm

By now you’ve probably noticed that Steve got an ungodly amount of material from this year’s American Film Market (AFM).  The place where buyers and sellers do business to bring you the films you’ll hopefully be seeing in the near future, AFM has tons of artwork and synopses which are used to promote films but which we will use to bring you news on these films.

Below you’ll find images and synopses for Burke and Hare, Cash, Effie, Main St., The Electric Slide, and The Irishman.  Hit the jump to check them all out.  Also, all the synopses are copied down directly from the original materials with no editorial alterations.  You can read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 by click on their respective links.

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