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Omar Sharif in 'Doctor Zhivago.' Egyptian star Omar Sharif, 'The Karate Kid' producer Jerry Weintraub: Brief career recaps A little late in the game – and following the longish Theodore Bikel article posted yesterday – below are brief career recaps of a couple of film veterans who died in July 2015: actor Omar Sharif and producer Jerry Weintraub. A follow-up post will offer an overview of the career of peplum (sword-and-sandal movie) actor Jacques Sernas, whose passing earlier this month has been all but ignored by the myopic English-language media. Omar Sharif: Film career beginnings in North Africa The death of Egyptian film actor Omar Sharif at age 83 following a heart attack on July 10 would have been ignored by the English-language media (especially in the U.S.) as well had Sharif remained a star within the Arabic-speaking world. After all, an "international" star is only worth remembering...

This is the Pure Movies review of God Help The Girl, directed by Stuart Murdoch, and starring Emily Browning, Olly Alexander, Hannah Murray, Pierre Boulanger, Cora Bisset, Sarah Swire and Mark Radcliffe. Cinematic history is littered with instances of pop stars and musicians trying their hand at acting: usually turning in less than Oscar-winning performances. Examples of them writing for film then working behind the camera are more rare. Nick Cave has had success as a screenwriter, but here, Belle & Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch goes one better, writing and directing his surprisingly confident debut feature, God Help The Girl.

As the Toronto International Film Festival gets underway with North American and World debuts of films that will hit Awards Season and beyond,a good number of seasoned films that have traveled the festival circuit are finally making their way into the Specialty Box Office. Drafthouse Films will open Cannes ’13 title The Congress starring Robin Wright and Harvey Keitel in a dozen locations this weekend, while SXSW’s Juliette Lewis starrer Kelly & Cal will open exclusively in NYC. Sundance’s Last Days In Vietnam will have a theatrical run before heading to PBS next fall and the Guadalajara Film Festival’s Frontera is taking advantage of a timely topic in the U.S. Venice financed its 2013 premiere Memphis, opening exclusively this weekend in NYC. And China Lion hopes to take a successful template for romantic dramas and apply that to But Always.

The Congress

Director-writer: Ari Folman

Writer: Stanislaw Lem (novel)

Cast: Robin Wright,...

Title: God Help The Girl Cast: Emily Browning, Olly Alexander, Hannah Murray, and Pierre Boulanger Director: Stuart Murdoch Let me get this out of the way, I’m a big Belle & Sebastian fan. In fact, the Scottish indie pop band is my all-time favorite band. Yes, while they’re music isn’t all too influential, Stuart Murdoch’s music affected my life in a big way, in terms of creativity, mood, and general outlook on life. I’ve been in love with almost everything Murdoch has released and was convinced that he has yet to write a bad song. When his God Help the Girl side project released a soundtrack to a would be [ Read More ]

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Girl From Ipecac: Murdoch’s Musical a Flimsy Masquerade

The directorial debut of Scottish musician Stuart Murdoch, the lead singer and songwriter of famed indie pop band Belle & Sebastian, makes a highly anticipated directorial debut with God Help the Girl. Murdoch, unfortunately, overreaches himself considerably in this dull exercise of endless emotional exposition which desperately wants to infuse the musical sensibilities of Jacques Demy into the drab kitchen sink melodrama of teen angst in Glasgow.

Harpooning the lead female protagonist with a serious eating disorder that it never manages to treat seriously enough, Murdoch attempts to tell a story through continuous tracks that represent her journey to a healthy mind frame as a woman and an artist, but fails miserably by giving us what feels like one incredibly long music video about an endlessly recycled angst of struggling to follow one’s dreams.

An Australian songwriter far from home, Eve...

The Parenthood star has signed with ICM Partners. Monica Potter snagged a Golden Globe nom for her role as a soccer mom battling an illness on the NBC drama. She also was a regular on TNT’s 2009 drama Trust Me and recurred on Boston Legal. Her big-screen credits include The Last House On The Left, Saw, Along Came A Spider and Patch Adams. Potter also is represented by The Schiff Company and Felker Toczek. ICM last week signed Spike Lee; David Zellner and Nathan Zellner, the filmmakers behind Sundance Jury Prize winner Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter; and actor Pierre Boulanger of Sundance pic God Help The Girl. Related: Emmys Q&A: Monica Potter Sundance: ICM Signs ‘Kumiko’ Duo & ‘God Help The Girl’ Actor...

Sundance just ended, and we are already preparing for the next big film festival, South By Southwest. Not too long ago, the festival announced a few of the films premiering this year, but now they’ve announced the main slate. The midnight selections and some inevitable late-breaking additions are still to be announced, but this should be more than enough to get you excited. Along with many World Premieres, and Sundance favorites like Richard Linklater’s Boyhood and Gareth Evans’ The Raid 2, the line up also includes an anniversary screening of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and an extended Q&A screening of The Grand Budapest Hotel with Wes Anderson. SXSW 2014 runs March 7 through 15 in Austin, Texas. Check out the line up after the jump.

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Narrative Feature Competition

Eight world premieres, eight unique ways to celebrate the art of storytelling. Selected from 1,324 films submitted to SXSW 2014. Films screening in Narrative...

Today the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival announced a diverse features lineup for this year’s Festival, the 21st edition and running March 7 – 15, 2014 in Austin, Texas. The 2014 program expands on SXSW tradition of embracing a range of genres and span of budgets, featuring a wealth of vision from experienced and developing filmmakers alike.

For more information visit http://sxsw.com/film.

Listed in the announcement are 115 of the features that will screen over the course of nine days at SXSW 2014. The lineup below includes 68 films from first-time filmmakers, and consists of 76 World Premieres, 10 North American Premieres and 7 U.S. Premieres. These films were selected from a record 2,215 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,540 U.S. and 675 international feature-length films. With a record number of 6,482 submissions total, the overall increase was 14% over 2013. The Midnighters feature section and the Short Film program will be announced on February 5, with the complete...

After announcing earlier this month that Jon Favreau’s Chef and the Veronica Mars movie will be making their world debuts at SXSW this year, the festival has revealed its full line-up, including further very promising world premieres, alongside appearances from some of the year’s most high-profile films.

The Midnight programme will be announced early next month, along with the Shorts line-up, and the complete Conference slate a little later as well.

Led by Seth Rogen and Zac Efron, Nicholas Stoller’s anticipated R-rated comedy, Neighbors, will be making its world debut at the festival, notably marked out as a ‘work-in-progress’ ahead of its theatrical release in May.

David Gordon Green’s acclaimed Joe will make its Us premiere, having bowed at Venice and then Toronto last year. Early reviews have Nicolas Cage giving one of the finest performances of his career, with Tye Sheridan (Mud) excellent alongside him.

Not sure if there is a Short Term 12 equivalent in this year’s Narrative Feature Comp, but on paper SXSW programmers are serving up a mean (and the usual lean group of 8 out of a whopping 1,324 film entries) for the upcoming competitiuon of eight which includes notable entries (that we’ve been tracking for a good time now) such as Zachary Wigon’s The Heart Machine, John Magary’s The Mend, Leah Meyerhoff’s I Believe in Unicorns and Lawrence Michael Levine’s Wild Canaries. Undoubtedly one of the most anticipated docs of the year, on the non-fiction side we find Margaret Brown’s The Great Invisible. Below you’ll find a breakdown of the other sections (notable world preems in We’ll Never Have Paris and Faults (see Mary Elizabeth Winstead above), some Sundance items with Texan connections and other nuggets.

Narrative Feature Competition

Eight world premieres, eight...

Sundance Institute this evening announced the Jury, Audience and other special awards of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival at the feature film Awards Ceremony, hosted by Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, in Park City, Utah. Video of the ceremony in its entirety is available at Sundance.org/Live.

The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was presented by Tracy Chapman to:

Rich Hill / U.S.A. (Directors: Andrew Droz Palermo, Tracy Droz Tragos) - In a rural, American town, kids face heartbreaking choices, find comfort in the most fragile of family bonds, and dream of a future of possibility.

The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic was presented by Leonard Maltin to: Whiplash / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Damien Chazelle) - Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity. Cast: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons.

The World Cinema...

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It was another great year at the Sundance Film Festival! There were so many fantastic movies shown, and I still have a couple more to go. I'm really happy to say that Miles Teller and J.K. Simmon's film Whiplash took home the top two prizes, winning the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award. This was my number one favorite film from the festival, and it seems like everyone else at the festival loved it too, so it doesn't surprise me that it won.

Here's the full list of winners:

Sundance Institute this evening announced the Jury, Audience and other special awards of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival at the feature film Awards Ceremony, hosted by Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, in Park City, Utah. Video of the ceremony in its entirety is available at www.sundance.org/live.

The U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was...

Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash was Day 1 feel good buzz title of the fest that ultimately served as a measuring stick for the other competing 15 titles in the section and as predicted below had a good chance at doing what last year’s Fruitvale did: when both major awards of its category. Now that I’ve completed a 15 hour nap, I can watch the ceremony below – and you can spoil the suspense by simply going over the other award winners in the multiple categories below. Next week we’ll be publishing our interviews with several of the filmmakers mentioned below. Congrats to the winners and non-winners.

Park City, Ut — Sundance Institute this evening announced the Jury, Audience and other special awards of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival at the feature film Awards Ceremony, hosted by Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, in Park City, Utah. Video of the ceremony in its entirety is available at www.

‘Whiplash’: Sundance Film Festival Awards’ rare double winner (photo: Miles Teller in ‘Whiplash’) Directed by Damien Chazelle — and acquired for domestic distribution by Sony Pictures Classics — Whiplash won the 2014 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award. The story of a young, ambitious 19-year-old drummer (played by 26-year-old Miles Teller) under the tutelage of a ruthless teacher (J.K. Simmons), Whiplash also features Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser, Austin Stowell, Nate Lang, Chris Mulkey, and Damon Gupton. Whiplash‘s double Sundance Film Festival win is quite rare. Previous such instances in Sundance’s three-decade history include Tony Bui’s Three Seasons in 1999, Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland’s Quinceañera in 2006, Lee Daniels’ Precious in 2009, and Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station last year. Of these, Precious is — somewhat surprisingly — the only Sundance double winner to have succeeded both at the domestic box office and during awards season,...

The 2014 Sundance Film Festival is right around the corner, and the Sundance Institute has released the full line-up for the competition films that will be premiering!

This year there were 12,218 total submissions, and 117 films were accepted from 37 countries around the world. It looks like there's a lot of good selection of films this year.

The Sundance Film Festival 2014 runs from January 16th to the 26th, and the GeekTyrant team will be there to cover as many movies as we possibly can.

U.S. Dramatic Competition

The 16 films in this section are world premieres and, unless otherwise noted, are from the U.S.

“Camp X-Ray” — Directed and written by Peter Sattler. A young female guard at Guantanamo Bay forms an unlikely friendship with one of the detainees. Cast: Kristen Stewart, Payman Maadi, Lane Garrison, J.J. Soria, John Carroll Lynch.

“Cold in July” — Directed by Jim Mickle, written by Nick Damici.

Sundance Film Festival continues to be one of the most popular, and arguably one of the most important, events on the industry calendar, launching as it does some of the most prominent independent films at the start of each year.

This year will be no different, with Sundance announcing last night the initial line-up of films screening in competition, led by Song One, starring Anne Hathaway; Camp X-Ray, starring Kristen Stewart; Infinitely Polar Bear, with Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana; Joe Swanberg’s Happy Christmas, starring Anna Kendrick, Melanie Lynskey, Mark Webber, Lena Dunham, and Swanberg himself; The Skeleton Twins, with Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Luke Wilson, and Ty Burrell; Life After Beth, with Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, and John C. Reilly; Listen Up Philip, with Jason Schwartzman and Elisabeth Moss; Whiplash, starring Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons; and many, many more.

U.S. Dramatic Competition

Presenting the world premieres of 16 narrative feature films,...

God’S Pocket

Sundance Institute announced today the films selected for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions and the out-of-competition section of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, January 16-26 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

Robert Redford, President & Founder of Sundance Institute said, “That the Festival has evolved and grown as it has over the past 30 years is a credit to both our audiences and our artists, who continue to find ways to take risks and open our minds to the power of story. This year’s films and artists promise to do the same.”

For the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, 118 feature-length films were selected, representing 37 countries and 54 first-time filmmakers, including 34 in competition. These films were selected from 12,218 submissions (72 more than for 2013), including 4,057 feature-length films and 8,161 short films. Of the feature film submissions, 2,014 were from the U.S. and 2,043 were international. 97 feature films at...

It’s among the two sections that we usually don’t put much focus on (yes, we love subtitles, but we’re more concerned, naturally more inclined to cover the deluge of American Indie film offerings) but among the dozen film selections in the World Cinema Dramatic Comp section we find the latest from Argentinean director Natalia Smirnoff (she gave us the Berlin Film Fest winner The Puzzle) who returns with Lock Charmer, we find the highly anticipated film from Hong Khaou (Lilting) and a title which we start speculating on last year in Stuart Murdoch’s God Help the Girl which stars Emily Browning, Olly Alexander and Hannah Murray (see pic above). Also worth the mention is the directing debut from writer Eskil Vogt – who co-wrote Reprise and Oslo, August 31st for Joachim Trier. Here are the dozen selected.

“52 Tuesdays” (Australia) — Directed by Sophie Hyde, written by Matthew Cormack.

The U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competition lineups for the 2014 Sundance Film Festival were announced today and just below I have featured pictures from the 16 films that will be competing in the U.S. Dramatic competition and they feature a lot of names you're going to recognize. The titles begin with Camp X-Ray, which stars Kristen Stewart as a guard in Guantanamo Bay, where she forms an unlikely friendship with one of the detainees. Jim Mickle made an impact earlier this year with We Are What We Are and he returns with Michael C. Hall with Cold in July. Fishing Without Nets looks to tell a story similar to that of Captain Phillips, only this time from the Somali side of things; God's Pocket is "Mad Men" star John Slattery's writing and directorial debut and he's lined up an impressive cast including Philip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Jenkins,...

After its world premier at the Vancouver International Film Festival last week, director Wei Ling Chang's first feature film The Unlikely Girl is set to have a Us premier at the Woodstock Film Festival in Woodstock, NY.Shot entirely on location in France, the film is a tricky, taut and subtly sexy thriller - think (a refreshingly far less clichéd) Wild Things by way of Swimming Pool. The film stars Hande Kodja and Pierre Boulanger, and marks the feature film debut of Shane Lynch (90210), the daughter of actress Kelly Lynch. Check out this exclusive clip of The Unlikely Girl. This suspenseful film noir(ish) will be having its final screening at Viff on October 11, and can be seen at the Woodstock Film Fest on October 12 and...

With the Venice, Telluride and Toronto trifecta of film festivals over, but New York and London gearing up, fall is the time when the very best cinema has to offer gets rolled out. But among all the buzzworthy titles reaching for Oscar gold, there are plenty more films just looking to find an audience. And while they may not boast big names and budgets, they may offer up something unexpected for the adventurous viewer, and one movie hoping to make a splash is Wei Ling Chang's debut feature "The Unlikely Girl." The film stars Hande Kodja, Pierre Boulanger and Shane Lynch, and follows an American exchange student spending the summer in France who becomes embroiled in a romantic triangle. This exclusive first clip from the movie gives a hint at the suspense and sexual tension that seems to be boiling beneath the surface. Here's the official synopsis: The sexy...

I'm sure most of you Selena Gomez fans already ran to grab a copy of Monte Carlo as soon as the DVD hit shelves yesterday (or you we're Really cool and won our Monte Carlo prize pack!), so we over here at Ology wanted to extend your Monte Carlo high by getting some inside scoop on the movie!

We got to chat with Pierre Boulanger, the adorable and Super friendly actor who plays Selena's love interest in the film. And yes, he's the lucky guy who got to kiss Selena while she was dating Justin Bieber. Anyway, we talked about what it was like on set, his on-screen romance with Selena (obvs), and what he likes to do for fun! Check out our interview below!

Unfortunately for you, we can't insert the hot French accent, but use your imagination!

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Ology: Hi Pierre! Let's talk about the film! Were you nervous at all,...

Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester, and Katie Cassidy Monte Carlo Gossip

Want to get cozy with the lovely ladies of Monte Carlo? The film debuted this past summer and was nominated for some 2011 Teen Choice Awards. Celebrity, Nicole Kidman served as one of the movie’s producers. The romantic comedy is all about mistaken identity and its stars, Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester, and Katie Cassidy, have been caught gabbing about the project. We have the video just for you. Yep, this is a special sneak peak from the DVD/ Blu-Ray bonus material. Enjoy!

Monte Carlo features Selena Gomez in two roles. She is Grace Ann Bennett and her doppelganger Cordelia Winthrop-Scott. Gossip Girl star, Leighton Meester plays Mary Margaret “Meg” Kelly-Bennett. Now there’s a mouthful. Katie Cassidy is Emma Danielle Perkins. Pierre Boulanger acts the part of Theo, Catherine Tate is Alicia, Luke Bracey is Riley, and Cory Monteith is Owen.

Go On An Adventure Of A Lifetime With Teen Sensations Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester And Katie Cassidy

Sashays onto Blu-ray and DVD October 18th

 

Bon Voyage! Take a journey across the ocean with a trio of friends who make front page headlines when a dream trip turns into a hilarious case of mistaken identity. The delightful jet-setting comedy Monte Carlo arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on October 18th. Produced by Academy Award®-winner Nicole Kidman* (Moulin Rouge, The Stepford Wives), Monte Carlo will take you on a fanciful ride through the picturesque sights of Europe . with three charming girls in tow!

 

Actress and pop sensation Selena Gomez (Ramona and Beezus, .Wizards of Waverly Place.) lights up the screen as Grace, a high-spirited high school graduate looking forward to a vacation in Paris with her best friend Emma (Katie Cassidy, .Melrose Place.), and stepsister Meg (Leighton Meester, .Gossip Girl.). Just as...

Prime transformed a record. Transformers: Dark of the Moon premiered in the Number One spot at the box office this weekend with $97.4 Million for $162.1 Million so far. The “robo-threequel rocked the Independence Day weekend gross record, eclipsing Spider-Man 2′s $88.2 million, and socked Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides for the top-grossing weekend crown of 2011 so far.” Cars 2 was Second with $25.1 Million for $116 Million so far. Bad Teacher was Third with $14.1 Million. Larry Crowne premiered in Fourth place with $13 Million. Monte Carlo was Fifth with $7.6 Million. Super 8, Green Lantern, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Bridesmaids, and Midnight in Paris rounded out the top ten respectively.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (also known as Transformers 3) is a 2011 American science fiction/comedy/action film, part of the Transformers film series, directed by Michael Bay and produced by Steven Spielberg. It is the sequel to Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen...

Chicago – Nothing like a summer surprise at the movies to make the season a little more tolerable. Selena Gomez and the ubiquitous Leighton Meester take a sumptuous trip and brings us along in “Monte Carlo.”

Rating: 4.0/5.0

Using the old “Prince and the Pauper” theme, Monte Carlo creates a bubbly, amusing film with the old stagecraft of mistaken identity and the multiple slamming doors that result. It also is a pretty decent travelogue, going from the sights of Paris to the titular city of Monte Carlo in expressive and awe-inspiring shots. It seems everyone had a great time on their working vacation.

Grace (Selena Gomez) is a dreamer, looking the shake the dust off the small-time Texas town she is currently residing in. Her mother Pam (Andie McDowell) is remarried and Grace has a shaky relationship with her stepsister, Meg (Leighton Meester). But two things are coming up roses for Grace,...

Spoiler Alert! There are some things that the trailer for the new Selena Gomez movie Monte Carlo does not give away. Here are five of them. Note: If you’re planning to see the movie, stop reading!

1. The three leads (Gomez, Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester, and Melrose Place’s Katie Cassidy) aren’t all friends. Turns out, Meester’s character, Meg, is 21, and the new stepsister to Gomez’s character, recent high school grad Grace. Grace has been saving to go to Paris with Emma (Cassidy), who went to high school with Meg but now waitresses with Grace. Meg...

Reviewed by Samantha Perez

(June 2011)

Directed by: Thomas Bezucha

Written by: Thomas Bezucha, April Blair and Maria Maggenti

Starring: Selena Gomez, Katie Cassidy, Leighton Meester, Cory Monteith, Andie MacDowell, Brett Cullen, Luke Bracey and Pierre Boulanger

It’s an all-too-familiar tale: Small-town girl on the cusp of adulthood decides to take a trip to some fabulous place where she can find herself. This time around, the small-town girl is played by Selena Gomez (“Ramona and Beezus”) and she’s accompanied by a couple of hot young faces of Hollywood in Thomas Bezucha’s “Monte Carlo.”

Grace (Gomez) has just graduated from high school ready to ditch her boring waitressing job in Texas and hop a plane to Paris with her best friend Emma (Katie Cassidy of TV’s “Melrose Place”). Things start to go wrong almost immediately when Grace’s mom and stepfather announce that Meg (Leighton Meester of TV...

Reviewed by Samantha Perez

(June 2011)

Directed by: Thomas Bezucha

Written by: Thomas Bezucha, April Blair and Maria Maggenti

Starring: Selena Gomez, Katie Cassidy, Leighton Meester, Cory Monteith, Andie MacDowell, Brett Cullen, Luke Bracey and Pierre Boulanger

It’s an all-too-familiar tale: Small-town girl on the cusp of adulthood decides to take a trip to some fabulous place where she can find herself. This time around, the small-town girl is played by Selena Gomez (“Ramona and Beezus”) and she’s accompanied by a couple of hot young faces of Hollywood in Thomas Bezucha’s “Monte Carlo.”

Grace (Gomez) has just graduated from high school ready to ditch her boring waitressing job in Texas and hop a plane to Paris with her best friend Emma (Katie Cassidy of TV’s “Melrose Place”). Things start to go wrong almost immediately when Grace’s mom and stepfather announce that Meg (Leighton Meester of TV...

Fresh clips from "Monte Carlo" offer hilarious moments of Grace, Meg, and Emma who are pretending to be socialites. In one clip, the trio find a comfortable time wearing a set of make-up that actually belongs to Cordelia, a British heiress who happens to look identically similar to Grace.

In another video, they try to give Cordelia an explanation why they are there, before forcing her to shut her mouth. In the third clip, Grace and Meg get another trouble when their friends suddenly pop out.

Based on Jules Bass' novel titled "Headhunters", the upcoming movie revolves around a girl and her best friend who travel to Paris, accompanied by her future, uptight stepsister. When one of the girls is mistaken for a spoiled British heiress, they are caught up in a whirlwind of attention and find themselves going on a dream vacation to Monte Carlo.

Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester...

Check out Selena Gomez perform Who Says from Thomas Bezucha's Monte Carlo comedy. There are three clips from the event including event and performance behind-the-scenes looks as well as Q&A with Selena Gomez. Monte Carlo opens in theaters on July 1st, 2011 via 20th Century Fox. Also in the cast are Leighton Meester, Katie Cassidy, Cory Monteith, Andie McDowell, Brett Cullen, Catherine Tate, Pierre Boulanger and Luke Bracey. Gomez, Katie Cassidy and Meester...

Check out Selena Gomez perform Who Says from Thomas Bezucha's Monte Carlo comedy. There are three clips from the event including event and performance behind-the-scenes looks as well as Q&A with Selena Gomez. Monte Carlo opens in theaters on July 1st, 2011 via 20th Century Fox. Also in the cast are Leighton Meester, Katie Cassidy, Cory Monteith, Andie McDowell, Brett Cullen, Catherine Tate, Pierre Boulanger and Luke Bracey. Gomez, Katie Cassidy and Meester...

Check out Selena Gomez perform Who Says from Thomas Bezucha's Monte Carlo comedy. There are three clips from the event including event and performance behind-the-scenes looks as well as Q&A with Selena Gomez. Monte Carlo opens in theaters on July 1st, 2011 via 20th Century Fox. Also in the cast are Leighton Meester, Katie Cassidy, Cory Monteith, Andie McDowell, Brett Cullen, Catherine Tate, Pierre Boulanger and Luke Bracey. Gomez, Katie Cassidy and Meester...

Check out the trailer for Monte Carlo, starring Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester and Katie Cassidy! Monte Carlo opens July 1st this year and is helmed Thomas Bezucha who scripts with April Blair and Maria Maggenti, from the story by Kelly Bowe, based on the "Headhunters" novel by Jules Bass. Also in the cast of the comedy adventure are Cory Monteith, Andie McDowell, Brett Cullen, Catherine Tate, Pierre Boulanger and Luke Bracey. In Monte Carlo, stars Selena Gomez, Katie Cassidy and Leighton Meester are three American girls who travel to Paris and then end up heading for Monaco when one of them is mistaken for a spoiled princess...

Check out the trailer for Monte Carlo, starring Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester and Katie Cassidy! Monte Carlo opens July 1st this year and is helmed Thomas Bezucha who scripts with April Blair and Maria Maggenti, from the story by Kelly Bowe, based on the "Headhunters" novel by Jules Bass. Also in the cast of the comedy adventure are Cory Monteith, Andie McDowell, Brett Cullen, Catherine Tate, Pierre Boulanger and Luke Bracey. In Monte Carlo, stars Selena Gomez, Katie Cassidy and Leighton Meester are three American girls who travel to Paris and then end up heading for Monaco when one of them is mistaken for a spoiled princess...

A trailer preview for "Monte Carlo" has emerged online in bootleg version. First debuted on MTV's "The Seven", the video gives a look at ordinary Selena Gomez, who plans to go to Paris with her friend and future stepsister. Once she is there, she enjoys luxurious life, including wearing gems and expensive gowns.

"Monte Carlo" follows three young girls, Grace, Meg, and Emma, who travels to the French capital. Things were normal before one of the girls is mistaken for a spoiled British heiress. As a result, they are caught up in a whirlwind of attention and find themselves going on a dream vacation to Monte Carlo.

In the romance comedy film, Leighton Meester stars as Meg, and Katie Cassidy plays Emma. Meanwhile, Cory Monteith, Andie MacDowell, Luke Bracey, Brett Cullen, and Pierre Boulanger take the supporting roles.

Thomas Bezucha serves behind the lens, while April Blair and Maria Maggenti...

A trailer preview for "Monte Carlo" has emerged online in bootleg version. First debuted on MTV's "The Seven", the video gives a look at ordinary Selena Gomez, who plans to go to Paris with her friend and future stepsister. Once she is there, she enjoys luxurious life, including wearing gems and expensive gowns.

"Monte Carlo" follows three young girls, Grace, Meg, and Emma, who travels to the French capital. Things were normal before one of the girls is mistaken for a spoiled British heiress. As a result, they are caught up in a whirlwind of attention and find themselves going on a dream vacation to Monte Carlo.

In the romance comedy film, Leighton Meester stars as Meg, and Katie Cassidy plays Emma. Meanwhile, Cory Monteith, Andie MacDowell, Luke Bracey, Brett Cullen, and Pierre Boulanger take the supporting roles.

Thomas Bezucha serves behind the lens, while April Blair and Maria Maggenti...

Machine Gun Preacher

Opens: 2011

Cast: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon, Madeline Carroll, Kathy Baker

Director: Marc Forster

Summary: After finding God, drug-dealing biker Sam Childers renounces his outlaw ways and embarks on a spiritual path, becoming a crusader for hundreds of desperate and helpless children who were being forced to become soldiers in war-torn southern Sudan.

Analysis: Despite taking the freshly rejuvenated James Bond franchise and nearly destroying it with the very disappointing "Quantum of Solace", German-Swiss filmmaker Marc Forster still has a decent amount of good will left thanks to strong earlier efforts like "Monster's Ball," "Finding Neverland," "Stranger Than Fiction" and "The Kite Runner".

Now, in his first film since that Bond outing, Forster returns to serious drama with this true story tale of a biker who became a humanitarian crusader for children in the Sudan. The story itself is fascinating, the born again Sam Childers and...

Fox has moved the release date of their female comedy "Monte Carlo" from February 11 to July 1, 2011.According to Variety, the film will now open against Paramount's "Transformers 3" and Universal's Tom Hanks film "Larry Crowne."Tom Bezucha directed "Monte Carlo," with a cast that includes Katie Cassidy, Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester, Brett Cullen, Luke Bracey, Pierre Boulanger and Andie McDowell. Gomez, Cassidy and Meester star as three American girls who take a trip to Paris, only to end up in Monaco through a case of mistaken identity.The film was shot in Monaco, Budapest and Paris. Nicole Kidman, Denise Di Novi and Alison Greenspan produced the film.

French actor Pierre Boulanger will make his English-speaking feature debut in Fox 2000 and New Regency's female comedy "Monte Carlo." The film stars Selena Gomez, Katie Cassidy and Leighton Meester as three American girls who take a trip to Paris, only to end up in Monaco through a case of mistaken identity. Boulanger will play the love interest to Selena Gomez's character.Brett Cullen and Luke Bracey play the other male love interests. Andie McDowell has also been cast. According to Variety, director Tom Bezucha will begin shooting this week in Paris, Budapest and Monaco. Nicole Kidman, Denise Di Novi and Alison Greenspan are producing. Boulanger played the teen lead in 2003's "Monsieur Ibrahim."...

French actor Pierre Boulanger (2003's "Monsieur Ibrahim") is set to make his English-speaking feature debut in "Monte Carlo" from Fox 2000 and New Regency. In the comedy, Boulanger will play the love interest to Selena Gomez's character. Thomas Bezucha ("The Family Stone" and "Big Eden") directs as well as writing the screenplay with Maria Maggenti and April Blair based on the novel by Jules Bass. Selena Gomez, Katie Cassidy and Leighton Meester star as three American girls who travel to Paris and then end up heading for Monaco when one of them is mistaken for a spoiled princess. Andie McDowell also stars. Brett Cullen ("Lost," "Red Dawn" revamp) and Australian actor Luke Bracey ("Home and Away") play other love interests...

Films on the cutting edge. That's how I would describe the 50 movies on this list. While some moviegoers may find it an 'alien' experience to refer to sub-titles in understanding what's happening on the big screen, a good number of audiences are totally enjoying the different and often surprising take by many foreign filmmakers, nothwithstanding the language barrier.

Content-wise, the 50 movies feature stories about war and peace, love and romance, family affairs, coming-of-age tales, cultural and religious diversity, social issues (including prostitution and abortion) and personal - celebrating life or facing death with dignity. Coverage-wise, tMF list down many of the best foreign films from 2000 until last year from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and about 15 other countries in Europe, North and Latin America and Asia-Pacific.

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André Téchiné, Catherine Breillat, Julian Schnabel, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Christophe Barratier, Jacques Audiard, Cedric Clapisch, Francois Ozon... they are,...

Films on the cutting edge. That's how I would describe the 50 movies on this list. While some moviegoers may find it an 'alien' experience to refer to sub-titles in understanding what's happening on the big screen, a good number of audiences are totally enjoying the different and often surprising take by many foreign filmmakers, nothwithstanding the language barrier.

Content-wise, the 50 movies feature stories about war and peace, love and romance, family affairs, coming-of-age tales, cultural and religious diversity, social issues (including prostitution and abortion) and personal - celebrating life or facing death with dignity. Coverage-wise, tMF list down many of the best foreign films from 2000 until last year from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and about 15 other countries in Europe, North and Latin America and Asia-Pacific.

André Téchiné, Catherine Breillat, Julian Schnabel, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Christophe Barratier, Jacques Audiard, Cedric Clapisch, Francois Ozon... they are,...

Films on the cutting edge. That's how I would describe the 50 movies on this list. While some moviegoers may find it an 'alien' experience to refer to sub-titles in understanding what's happening on the big screen, a good number of audiences are totally enjoying the different and often surprising take by many foreign filmmakers, nothwithstanding the language barrier.

Content-wise, the 50 movies feature stories about war and peace, love and romance, family affairs, coming-of-age tales, cultural and religious diversity, social issues (including prostitution and abortion) and personal - celebrating life or facing death with dignity. Coverage-wise, tMF list down many of the best foreign films from 2000 until last year from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and about 15 other countries in Europe, North and Latin America and Asia-Pacific.

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André Téchiné, Catherine Breillat, Julian Schnabel, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Christophe Barratier, Jacques Audiard, Cedric Clapisch, Francois Ozon... they are,...

Do you remember that young boy who starred with Omar Sharif in Monsieur Ibrahim? He's a young French actor and it was his first ever feature film, and he was incredible! What's his name again? Yes, its Pierre Boulanger! Oh, how about that naughty young boy who was cast alongside Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett in Notes on a Scandal, his name if I recall correctly is Andrew Simpson, where is he now? How about that young and exciting German actor who portrayed the teenage Adolf Hitler in Mein Kampf? Yes, Tom Shilling! And that awesome young guy in AfterSchool? I need to know if he has done more movies! Ezra Miller!

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- - - "They ought to be in More pictures!" seems to be the perfect expression for these gifted young actors who have shown such talents but remain relatively unknown and waiting for more movie audiences to discover them.

Do you remember that young boy who starred with Omar Sharif in Monsieur Ibrahim? He's a young French actor and it was his first ever feature film, and he was incredible! What's his name again? Yes, its Pierre Boulanger! Oh, how about that naughty young boy who was cast alongside Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett in Notes on a Scandal, his name if I recall correctly is Andrew Simpson, where is he now? How about that young and exciting German actor who portrayed the teenage Adolf Hitler in Mein Kampf? Yes, Tom Shilling! And that awesome young guy in AfterSchool? I need to know if he has done more movies! Ezra Miller!

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- - - "They ought to be in More pictures!" seems to be the perfect expression for these gifted young actors who have shown such talents but remain relatively unknown and waiting for more movie audiences to discover them.

Do you remember that young boy who starred with Omar Sharif in Monsieur Ibrahim? He's a young French actor and it was his first ever feature film, and he was incredible! What's his name again? Yes, its Pierre Boulanger! Oh, how about that naughty young boy who was cast alongside Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett in Notes on a Scandal, his name if I recall correctly is Andrew Simpson, where is he now? How about that young and exciting German actor who portrayed the teenage Adolf Hitler in Mein Kampf? Yes, Tom Shilling! And that awesome young guy in AfterSchool? I need to know if he has done more movies! Ezra Miller!

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"They ought to be in More pictures!" seems to be the perfect expression for these gifted young actors who have shown such talents but remain relatively unknown and waiting for more movie audiences to discover them.

Do you remember that young boy who starred with Omar Sharif in Monsieur Ibrahim? He's a young French actor and it was his first ever feature film, and he was incredible! What's his name again? Yes, its Pierre Boulanger! Oh, how about that naughty young boy who was cast alongside Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett in Notes on a Scandal, his name if I recall correctly is Andrew Simpson, where is he now? How about that young and exciting German actor who portrayed the teenage Adolf Hitler in Mein Kampf? Yes, Tom Shilling! And that awesome young guy in AfterSchool? I need to know if he has done more movies! Ezra Miller!

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"They ought to be in More pictures!" seems to be the perfect expression for these gifted young actors who have shown such talents but remain relatively unknown and waiting for more movie audiences to discover them.

Do you remember that young boy who starred with Omar Sharif in Monsieur Ibrahim? He's a young French actor and it was his first ever feature film, and he was incredible! What's his name again? Yes, its Pierre Boulanger! Oh, how about that naughty young boy who was cast alongside Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett in Notes on a Scandal, his name if I recall correctly is Andrew Simpson, where is he now? How about that young and exciting German actor who portrayed the teenage Adolf Hitler in Mein Kampf? Yes, Tom Shilling! And that awesome young guy in AfterSchool? I need to know if he has done more movies! Ezra Miller!

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"They ought to be in More pictures!" seems to be the perfect expression for these gifted young actors who have shown such talents but remain relatively unknown and waiting for more movie audiences to discover them.

Do you remember that young boy who starred with Omar Sharif in Monsieur Ibrahim? He's a young French actor and it was his first ever feature film, and he was incredible! What's his name again? Yes, its Pierre Boulanger! Oh, how about that naughty young boy who was cast alongside Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett in Notes on a Scandal, his name if I recall correctly is Andrew Simpson, where is he now? How about that young and exciting German actor who portrayed the teenage Adolf Hitler in Mein Kampf? Yes, Tom Shilling! And that awesome young guy in AfterSchool? I need to know if he has done more movies! Ezra Miller!

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"They ought to be in More pictures!" seems to be the perfect expression for these gifted young actors who have shown such talents but remain relatively unknown and waiting for more movie audiences to discover them.