After starring in James Bond films, Pierce Brosnan is back in action with the extremely talented Emma Thompson in the latest romantic comedy caper “The Love Punch.”
In the movie, Brosnan and Thompson play a divorced couple whose pension is stolen by an unscrupulous businessman, reunite to steal it back. Setting aside their differences, they undertake a high-stakes heist spanning scenic settings in London, Paris and the French Riviera along with acclaimed actors Timothy Spall, Marisa Berenson and Tuppence Middleton.
Pudsey, the charmer that won the world over when they won in 2012’s Britain’s Got Talent with his owner is now a bone-a-fide movie star in “Pudsey: The Movie.” Check out its first trailer reveal here:
The family movie is being produced by Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment with Vertigo Films, under the direction of Nick Moore starring the voice of BGT judge David Walliams as Pudsey. The movie also stars Jessica Hynes, John Sessions and Ashleigh (Pudsey’s owner).
In the movie, Pudsey, along with his siblings Molly (voiced by Izzy Meikle-Smith), George (Spike White) and Tommy (Malachy Knights) have moved to a new village called Chuffington-on-Sea with their mother Gail (Hynes). Upon settling in the village, they soon find themselves on a new breed of adventure as they discover that an evil plan is being hatched by Mr. Thorne (Sessions) along with his cat Faustus.
“Pudsey: The Movie” will open in cinemas very soon from Axinite Digicinema.
Juno Temple, 2013’s winner of the BAFTA Rising Star Award, the only award to be voted for by the public - Temple has established herself as one of the most versatile and talented young actresses in the past years. Recognized as a true star in the making, Temple fearlessly takes on the role of McKenna, a club stripper, sex worker turned nanny in “Afternoon Delight” with co-stars Kathryn Hahn, Josh Radnor and Jane Lynch.
In the movie, a stay-at-home mom named Rachel (Hahn) took interest in McKenna after a lap dance meeting in a club where McKenna works. Rachel, thinking that her life had gone on a plateau one day tried to experiment with her husband Jeff (Radnor) by visiting a strip club to spice up their marriage. She eventually meets McKenna who gave her a lap dance. When Rachel wakes up the next morning, she finds herself restless and nothing is ever the same in her routine. She started to follow McKenna and tried to get to know her better.
McKenna, looking young and fragile, prompted Rachel to lead McKenna out of her current employment as a stripper and sex worker. When the opportunity presented itself, Rachel took advantage to take McKenna home after being evicted from where she was staying. Much to her husband’s hesitation to take McKenna in, Rachel arranged to make McKenna their temporary live-in nanny. Rachel’s obsession in helping McKenna would soon unravel truths about herself that will spill over changes not just to her but to their marriage as well. Directed by Jill Soloway, “Afternoon Delight” has also won the directing award at this year’s Sundance Festival. “Beyond the comedic and cinematic concepts that were on my mind, I made a few feminist choices while writing. Often, when the Madonna/Whore trope turns up in popular entertainment, the bad girl gets thrown under the bus or otherwise metaphorically murdered so that the movie can fulfill a typical Hero’s Journey plot. I am deeply interested in another possibility, a less-told Heroine’s Journey that unravels in the shape of contiguous spirals. These interconnected circles form an emotional roller coaster for the audience as we allow dual protagonists to repeatedly switch places; both women veer through right and wrong multiple times,” shares Soloway. Temple’s breakthrough arrived when she won the role of Cate Blanchett’s daughter in the Academy Award-nominated film “Notes on A Scandal.” Temple played Polly, the rebellious daughter of Blanchett’s character Sheba. She was most recently seen opposite Matthew McConaughey and Emile Hirsch in “Killer Joe,” based on the play by Tracy Letts and directed by William Friedkin. She was also recently seen in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises” opposite Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, and Anne Hathaway.
Temple’s other films include “Lovelace” opposite Amanda Seyfried and Peter Sarsgaard, she recently wrapped production on Disney’s live-action fairy tale “Maleficient,” starring Angelina Jolie. She will also be seen next in ”Horns” opposite Daniel Radcliffe. Additional credits include “The Brass Teapot,” “The Other Boleyn Girl,” “The Three Musketeers,” “Mr. Nobody,” “The Year One,” “1939 St. Trinian’s,” “Wild Child” and “Pandaemonium.” You can most definitely check out Afternoon Delight review HERE Rated R-16, “Afternoon Delight” opens December 11 in cinemas from Axinite Digicinema, Inc.
Caught the Sundance winnah "Afternoon Delight" last night and I must say it was a good one. Not what I was expecting but still a pretty good one nonetheless. The film stars Kathryn Hahn, Juno Temple and Josh Radnor.
First let's set the mood here: Starland Vocal Band - Afternoon delight
Here's the synopsis for the film: Hahn plays Rachel, a quick-witted and lovable yet tightly coiled woman living within the affluent Silver Lake neighborhood. At first glance, with their chic modern home, successful husband, adorable child and a hipster wardrobe, you’d think Rachel is living in full bliss until she felt the stabbing reality of emptiness when left alone at home and ponders on her lackluster sex life. Spicing things up, she decides to visit a strip club and gets a private dance from McKenna (played by Juno Temple) and something cracks open in Rachel. Inspired by the experience, Rachel returns to the club to get to know McKenna, soon after adopts her as a live-in nanny. This bold move unleashes unimagined and colorful waves of change into Rachel’s life, marriage and community. Here are some of the things that I'm much pleased about the film. - Rachel (Kathryn Hahn) is a pretty human character. I got to admire this film for showing the good and bad, the ups and downs of being human. Women can totally relate and if you're fancying some 'female empowerment' here, that's relative. IMHO, she's playing midfield here. More on Hahn later. - Juno Temple as McKena is just about the sweetest thing. Fine she's also cute and all that but really, for a sex worker down on her luck, you don't see the stress or the frustration or sadness. She's fricking bubbly most of the times. Well except of course for that time when she was going bonkers, but that's still tolerable. - On McKenna, I liked the way that she's cool with everything. It's as if she was written to be the voice of reality, the poster child for temperance and control so when the moments where she and Hahn interact are there onscreen, you get to see the real divide. Pretty solid scriptwriting.
- Josh Radnor in Afternoon Delight comes as a bit of a shock. Radnor's always been picky about his roles and this is the first movie I've seen him on (I know he made a movie recently but that's not yet arrived here locally and I'm too busy to actually look for it). Going back to the shock comment, yeah, it's a bit of a shock to see hopeless romantic Ted Mosby from "How I Met Your Mother" smoking weed, banging his wife bucknaked and nearly cavorting with Juno Temple. And he looks old and grizzled here, which is perfect for his role. Also my wife loves him now and I can't do anything about that.
- Comedy-wise, I was expecting more but it comes in dribs and drabs. Might be a tad disappointed but you'll forgive everything once you really start reading into the story and the lives of the lead characters. If you're thinking French-Canadian American Pie, no dice. - Keegan-Michael Peele of the Key and Peele tandem is also lurking somewhere here in this movie. That could've upped the comedy factor but alas. His presence does cement the film's rep as a comedy. - Jane Lynch is also here. Nuff said. - Afternoon Delight is a good movie for couples of all ages and sizes. But it'll get more oomph for the younger couples. Still, it's got hints of family drama in this. Too bad you can't bring your kids because of the sensitive matters discussed and tackled. I like the film's last part. It's subtle and simple and it'll probably make a stoner in the audience light up and raise their bongs. Also Moral Lesson - Do not bring your wife to a stripclub. It's a pretty weird thing and idea.
Fresh from her remarkable hilarious role in the movie “We’re The Millers” with Jennifer Aniston, Katherine Hahn’s talent shines through in her first starring role in “Afternoon Delight” about a stay at home mom whose sexual awakening came in her 30s when everything looks just perfect.
Hahn plays Rachel, a quick-witted and lovable yet tightly coiled woman living within the affluent Silver Lake neighborhood. At first glance, with their chic modern home, successful husband, adorable child and a hipster wardrobe, you’d think Rachel is living in full bliss until she felt the stabbing reality of emptiness when left alone at home and ponders on her lackluster sex life. Spicing things up, she decides to visit a strip club and gets a private dance from McKenna (played by Juno Temple) and something cracks open in Rachel. Inspired by the experience, Rachel returns to the club to get to know McKenna, soon after adopts her as a live-in nanny. This bold move unleashes unimagined and colorful waves of change into Rachel’s life, marriage and community. Director Jill Soloway who came to prominence writing and producing episodes for the hit television series “Six Feet Under” helms “Afternoon Delight” as her directorial debut. Fresh from winning her Dramatic Directing Award in this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Soloway shares that, “Beyond the comedic and cinematic concepts that were on my mind, I made a few feminist choices while writing. Often, when the Madonna/Whore trope turns up in popular entertainment, the bad girl gets thrown under the bus or otherwise metaphorically murdered so that the movie can fulfill a typical Hero’s Journey plot. I am deeply interested in another possibility, a less-told Heroine’s Journey that unravels in the shape of contiguous spirals. These interconnected circles form an emotional roller coaster for the audience as we allow dual protagonists to repeatedly switch places; both women veer through right and wrong multiple times,” shares Soloway. Soloway was moved by the idea of a female main character who could be an unlikely, complicated and utterly real screw-up of a woman. Having seen the Seth Rogens, the Jack Blacks and Albert Brooks as lovable but nebbish-y wrong-headed male leads, with the women presented as beautiful and perfect and interested in making great choices, Hahn’s role as Rachel in “Afternoon Delight” aims to remind us that women want the same thing from movies that any audience wants from life-- emotional honesty, raw comedy and the humanness of true flaws. Winning the Directing Award at Sundance 2013 was a complete shock and a huge thrill for Soloway, “It is so validating. I’m so excited to share this film as it premieres and travels the world. And as for the future, I can’t wait to do this kind of work again and again.” “It turns out everyone has lived the story about how easy it is to distract yourself-- from yourself-- with an idea about helping. It can be easier for people to open up when there’s a transaction-- financial or otherwise-- at play. But the loudest, clangiest bell has been the notion of how hard it is to keep having great sex in a long-term relationship. The moments of self-recognition in our collaborators and audiences around this truth have been revelatory. Ultimately, if this film were known for one thing, I’d want it to be a loved, hilarious, and relatable exploration of marriage and relationship in our highly connected, disconnected era,” concludes Soloway. Rated R-16, “Afternoon Delight” will open December 11 in Phils. theaters from Axinite Digicinema, Inc.
Asia’s culture probably holds the creepiest of ghostly encounters based on true events due to the people’s dire need to connect with the spirits of their loved ones or someone who might reveal truths of unsolved mysteries.
In the upcoming Korean movie “Horror Stories 2,” parallel to the country’s “Shake, Rattle and Roll” ghost stories, three stories of spirits come to life in an insurance company wherein they connect with the dead to find answers to fraudulent claims. But as each case is reopened, a dark shadow surges over them and grows stronger as the memories of the dead come to life. The movie starts to reveal dark spirits in the basement of an insurance company where an employee and her boss goes through old files for review. The company’s manager named Park (played by Park Sung-Wong) discovers that his eccentric new employee Se-Young (Lee Se-Young) has an extraordinary ability to see past events that happened by connecting to any personal belongings of the dead. Park then uses Se-Young’s gift to unravel mysteries in their past insurance cases that were left unanswered. The first of “Horror Stories 2” files entitled “Cliff” focuses on two friends who got stuck on a cliff for days until one of them fell of the cliff. Days later, the real story behind the fall begins to surface as the survivor sees and hears horrifying images of his dead friend. A car accident happens along the way in the episode “The Pain of Death” when three friends decide to go on a road trip heading to the mountains drunk after they failed on their teacher certification needed to apply for a job. Along the way, the girls crashed in the dark isolated part of a sleepy town going to the mountains. When they try to go back on the road bruised and bloodied, they find themselves in a place where they try to escape death waiting for them. A trainee teacher tries to “Escape” from the shame caused by his students on his first day in school. Brought about by mischievous students, Byeong-Shin (played by Ko Gyung-Pyo) finds himself in a series of humiliating situation that he cannot control. In his desire to forget what happened, he is then transported to another dimension through black magic being practiced by one of his students. But he soon finds out that he has stepped into a realm where no one has escaped before.
As the hidden stories are revealed from the files they thought to be fraudulent, Se-young notices that the dark shadows of the spirits sweeping through the room slowly casts over them but Mr. Park is too preoccupied to listen to Se-young’s warnings. Rated R13, “Horror Stories 2” will open in cinemas on November 27 from Axinite Digicinema, Inc.
LOVE BITE starring Ed Speelers and Jessica Szorh is one of those films that will probably make you go "Dafuq did I just see" but that's just the tip of the iceberg.
So basically the plot here is that there's a werewolf prowling the area of Rainmouth. It's M.O. though is different from other screen incarnations of the lycanthrope. You see this werewolf picks on virgins for lunch. Yeah, no matter how plump you are, it means jack-s**t for this wolf because he's looking for virgins. Turns out the central character is one and he falls hard for a mysterious woman (Szorh) who may or may not be the werewolf in question. The film focuses on Jamie (Speelers) and his life in his quiant little hometown. He's never been laid before which makes him a potential target. Actually it's him and his mates... The humor here in the film is hit-and-miss. One moment you're laughing and the next you find yourself muttering under your breathe "WALEY". And it's a constant tennis match on this end. IMHO there were some comedy bits that could've been better if not for the thick British accent in the film. Some are more stuff that'll be targeted specifically for Brits; us Pinoys would probably be just scratching our heads. Jessica Szorh here is the true eye-candy. She plays the mysterious Julianna. I love the fact that Szorh really looks mysterious. Wait scratch that mysterious AND ravishing. My one problem here with Szorh is that she rarely changes her clothes. I was like, what? Didn't they have a budget to buy her other clothes for the film? Seriously. Still those leather knee high boots are just awesome.
Timothy Spall (Peter Petigrew in Harry Potter)is also here as the crazy-as-hell werewolf hunter Sid who offers sage advice and a bit of lighter moments for the film. If there's anything I truly enjoyed about Love Bite, it's the twist. The identity of the werewolf really did surprise me. Film was effective in making you doubt about the identity of the characters. Plus the clues were very scarce and very obvious. In hindsight, had I known that a specific moment in the film would determine the monster's identity, I'd have dropped this film. Good thing the film makers managed to keep things tight. Here's how I'd assess the film. Slow start, ho-hum middle and a plot twist that'll make you cry wolf.
VERDICT: 6/10
Going back to my first quote for the film, it's a weird mix of horror and comedy.
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A fresh twist on the definitive monster comedy movie, “Love Bite” is about to let loose its fangs to prey on the flesh of young and healthy teenage boys in the sleepy small town of Rainmouth. Starring Ed Speelers (“Eragon”) and Jessica Szohr (“Gossip Girl,” “The Internship”), “Love Bite” finds Jamie (Speelers) along with his teenage friends living in their putrescent seaside town looking for more opportunities to get laid. But in a town in which everyone knows everyone else, that’s easier said than done.
Things for Jamie have a habit of getting complicated. So when he meets Juliana (Szohr) – a smart, funny and absurdly beautiful girl from out of town – things quickly get, well, complicated. Jamie starts to believe that Juliana might be a werewolf since she arrived at the same time several of his mates started to disappear. All Jamie knows is that werewolves target virgins, which, he thinks, is probably the only reason she’s interested in him. As the next full moon nears, relations with Jamie and Juliana start to hot up. By the time they are ready to make things physical, the huge round moon is peeping through the clouds. Before he can finally let the beast out of its cage, Jamie has to learn that it’s time to stretch his legs and get out of town for good.
For director Andy De Emmony, the attraction to the script was instant. “I come from a background as a sculptor, doing lots of animatronics and that sort of thing,” he explains. “And plus I've done a lot of comedy, so being able to bring those two together was really the appeal.” He collaborated with Cole to revise the script, he says. “From my point of view, the humor was there already, but it was important that we clarified the world we're in and established the rules of the werewolves.” With an overabundance of werewolf stories on the market, De Emmony saw an opportunity to give the beast a comic motivation – it preys on virginity, the very thing this film's cast of hormonal teens are especially keen to lose. “I always think it's slightly grey, when you see werewolves in other things, what their agenda is,” De Emmony laughs. “The quest to lose your virginity is there in most teenage boys anyway, and they don't even have the pressure of a battle for survival!” “Love Bite” opens very soon this November in theaters from Axinite Digicinema, Inc.
Stories of the dead will come to life this November in the Korea’s hair-raising thriller sequel "Horror Stories 2."
Following the success of the first movie, "Horror Stories 2" connects three different stories of wandering souls seeking for justice through Se-young an employee in an insurance company who can communicate with dead people. "Horror Stories 2" starts with Se-young, considered to be an outcast within their insurance company, is tested by her manager of her ability to connect with dead people. They start from their office's storage room and picks three doubtful cases for further investigation. From these files entitled "Cliff," "Accident" and "Escape," Se-young discovered the truths behind the deaths that were buried along with the bodies of the restless souls. As she reveals each truth to her boss, Se-young feels the evil forces are gaining on them and tries to warn him about it. "Horror Stories 2" will open very soon this November in theaters from Axinite Digicinema, Inc.
