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There are movies that gently tug at our heartstrings, and then there are those that mercilessly shatter our emotional defenses. And Billy Ray's Secret in Their Eyes, a heart-wrenching mystery drama, falls squarely into the latter category. The movie is a remake of an Argentinian film from 2009, which, in turn, is an adaptation of a novel. The story has indeed gone through numerous retellings, adapted across different mediums and cultures. But its emotional core has always remained the same. And this unchanging essence has allowed the story to remain a delicate, touching piece to be told with different characters and contexts for different times and audiences. As a result, the American version of Secret in Their Eyes, which stars Julia Roberts and Nicole Kidman, has achieved much the same while adding more in terms of an amazing cast and fresh cultural context.

It’s a fairly big month on Prime Video in March, at least compared to the other streaming service offerings! There are are two major films arriving on Amazon’s streamer. The first is a remake of the Patrick Swayze action classic Road House. Stepping into the late Swayze’s shoes? A crazy-jacked Jake Gyllenhaal, who really seemed to want to go the extra mile for this project.

The other big film coming to Prime Video is Ricky Stanicky, and the plot sounds really fun! It follows three friends who have always blamed their mistakes on an imaginary guy called Ricky Stanicky. When they have to finally introduce people to Stanicky, they decide to hire a washed-up actor (John Cena) to impersonate him. Hilarity ensues, maybe? But if neither of those make your watchlist, there’s also the return of the animated hit series Invincible.

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February may be over, but Freevee is far from done! Despite rumors Amazon would be shutting the door on its free streamer, the service will instead open the gates to 15 new Fast channels and plenty of new titles this coming month, including 2020’s psychological thriller “The Invisible Man,” the heist comedy “Ocean's 8,” and more.

Check out The Streamable’s top picks for what to watch on Freevee in March, and continue below to see all the titles and channels getting added to the streamer in March!

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Anya Taylor-Joy stars as the restless Emma Woodhouse, a wealthy and elegant young woman without rivals living with her father in Regency-era England who entertains herself by meddling in the romantic lives of those closest to her as an amateur matchmaker. The film,...

AMC lost money in the final quarter of 2023, though not as much as Wall Street anticipated — thank goodness for Taylor Swift! Still, time to break glass and bring back Nicole Kidman.

The AMC Theatres “We Make Movies Better” ad campaign first launched in the fall of 2021. Unlike nearly every other commercial ever, Kidman’s went viral. They came to YouTube for magic.

On Wednesday, February 28, AMC Entertainment chief Adam Aron said three “30-second versions of the highly acclaimed original pre-show advertisement will make their theatrical debut” in March. The first version begins on Friday, March 1, he continued, adding that AMC “will rotate in a few new versions in the coming months on a rotating basis.”

So these aren’t really new spots, just new versions of the original one. The “We Make Movies Better” theme remains, as does the point: AMC Theatres has the best tech and amenities.

Here’s...

New Duke Of Edinburgh Opens Sky Studios Sound Stage

Prince Edward, the new Duke of Edinburgh, has opened a sound stage at Sky Studios Elstree. The former Earl of Wessex, who is a Patron of the Production Guild of Great Britain, headed to the Hertfordshire film and TV studio the day before he took on his father Prince Philip’s former title. Last Thursday, he toured the site, meeting local charity partners and young talent, before unveiling a plaque on Stage 5 to commemorate the significant moment for the UK’s film and TV sector as it marks the largest brand-new studio facility to open in the UK for decades. Sky Studios Elstree will house 13 sound stages and Sky has said it will generate an additional £3B ($3.6B) of production investment in the UK creative sector during its first five years. Buckingham Palace announced Prince Edward would be given the Duke...

February is the shortest month of the year but Prime Video is paying that no mind with its jam-packed list of new releases for February 2023.

This really is an uncommonly stuffed month on the Amazon streamer and it all starts with a handful of Amazon Originals. Amazon’s original offerings kick off with the release of Dave Franco-directed romcom Somebody I Used to Know on Feb. 10. That is followed by Carnival Row season 2 – a gritty fantasy crime drama is set in a world of steampunky fairies. The show stars Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevigne and this batch of episodes will be its swan song. Meanwhile The Consultant on Feb. 24 is a dark comedy workplace thriller starring Christoph Waltz.

The biggest hits this month, however, might just be some recent cinema faves. If February is for lovers, Amazon didn’t get the memo as there are quite a few horror movies of note here.

Screenwriter Billy Ray has confirmed that a sequel to Nicole Kidman‘s viral AMC Theatres ad is already in the works.

“I got a text from the chairman of AMC about a month ago asking me if I would write the next one, and of course the answer to that is yes,” Ray told Vanity Fair. “It’s already written.”

The Oscar-nominated screenwriter, known for penning films like “The Hunger Games,” “Richard Jewell,” “Flightplan” and “Captain Phillips,” was brought to the AMC project by Kidman, with whom he’d previously worked on the 2015 film “Secret in Their Eyes” and Adrian Lyne‘s forthcoming adaptation of author A.S.A Harrison‘s “The Silent Wife.”

Ray added that when Kidman first asked him to write the ad, he decided to do it “as a favor” — that is, until his agent got involved.

Continue reading Nicole Kidman’s Legendary AMC Theatres Ad Is Getting A Sequel at The Playlist.

Nearly a year ago, the nation’s movie theaters were floundering and exhibitors were fearful that moviegoing could become a relic of the past. Sure, there were occasional big-screen hits, like “A Quiet Place Part II” and Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” but even those films weren’t bringing in pre-pandemic ticket sales and nothing was getting people really, truly excited about going to the movies.

So AMC Theatres, the country’s largest cinema chain, took matters into its own hands. Rather than waiting for Hollywood studios to release the Next Big Thing, the company wrote a check for 25 million and set out to craft an advertisement to promote movie theaters rather than just movies. To convey its message, AMC turned to Nicole Kidman, the Oscar-winner who endeared herself to audiences through crowd-pleasers, dark thrillers and tear-jerkers like “Moulin Rouge,” “Eyes Wide Shut” and “The Hours.

To mark the release of Flatliners, out now, we’ve been given 1 copy to give away on 4K Ultra HD.

At the University Hospital School of Medicine, five ambitious students subject themselves to a daring experiment: to temporarily induce their own deaths, hoping to glimpse the afterlife before being brought back to life. But as competition within the group intensifies and their visions of the world beyond increasingly bleed into their waking lives, they’re about to learn that the greatest threat comes not from the spirit world but from the long-suppressed secrets of their own pasts…

Directed by Joel Schumacher, stylishly photographed by Jan de Bont (Basic Instinct) and featuring a cast of Hollywood’s hottest talent – including Kiefer Sutherland (Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me), Julia Roberts (Secret in their Eyes) and Kevin Bacon (Wild Things) – Flatliners is the ultimate life-and-death thrill ride.

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Hello, everyone! We’re back after a brief hiatus to give you a look at the horror and sci-fi headed home this week on home media. As it turns out, the month of August’s releases are starting off on a quiet note, as we have two titles getting the 4K treatment this Tuesday—Dario Argento’s Tenebrae and Flatliners from Joel Schumacher—and then a handful of indie horror arriving on both Blu-ray and DVD: Scream at the Devil, Paranormal Devil, The Farm, and Joker’s Poltergeist.

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Some Lines Shouldn’T Be Crossed.

Known for his impressively eclectic filmography and for helping to launch the careers of several young Hollywood stars of the 80s and 90s, Joel Schumacher tackles the existential question that, at one time or another, haunts us all: what awaits us after we die?

At the University Hospital School of Medicine, five ambitious students...

ViacomCBS International Studios (Vis) has unveiled a new slate of projects tapping talents as diverse as “Guilt” writer-creator Neil Forsyth, “The Great” writer Vanessa Alexander, “Wild District” originator Cristian Conti and “High School Musical” writer Peter Barsocchini.

Underscoring Vis’ ambitions to play in the big league of international local content producer-distributors, both in production volume and breadth of content, Vis also confirmed its drive into documentary production, of both doc features and series, and unveiled its first four titles.

This year will, moreover, see Vis bow development and production of its first made-for-streaming movies and first content for Vis Kids, created last year.

Launched in 2018, Vis has proved one of the fastest-growing production powers on the Latin American and Latinx scene, signing first-look deals with Argentina’s Juan José Campanella, writer-director of the Oscar winning “The Secret in Their Eyes,” and Ariel Winograd, director of remake phenomenon “Ten Days Without Mom.

The Liverpool-based company is backed by AGC Studios founder Stuart Ford.

White Star Productions, a recently launched UK film and TV production venture based in Liverpool and backed by AGC Studios founder Stuart Ford, has announced its initial slate of projects.

Film and TV writer, author and journalist Kevin Sampson co-owns and operates the company, whose mission is to champion stories from the north of England and bring them to the screen. It has a first-look deal with Los Angeles-based AGC Studios.

White Star is currently casting the feature Giant from writer-director Rowan Athale (The Rise), based on the meteoric...

Campanella directed he Secret In Their Eyes, Vientos De Agua, Colony for TV.

Argentine film and TV creator Juan José Campanella, best known for Oscar-winning feature The Secret In Their Eyes, has signed an exclusive first-look deal with Viacom International Studios – Americas (Vis).

The two-year deal calls for Campanella and his 100 Bares production company to develop and produce premium content for Vis, the development, production and distribution unit of Viacom International Media Networks Americas, which owns and operates Viacom entertainment brands including MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Channel and Telefe in Latin America.

Campanella wrote, directed and produced The Secret In Their Eyes,...

Bolivia’s Gory Patiño, writer-director for his country’s Academy Award submission “The Goalkeeper” – also the highest grossing Bolivian film in 15 years – and his frequent filmmaking partner, Spain’s Luis Reneo, are participating in this year’s Ventana Sur films in progress section with their socio-political thriller “Pseudo.”

The project was also selected as a finalist for a post-production award at the Havana Film Festival and, in before production, was awarded development prizes by Spain’s Ibermedia and the Bolivia Lab. It also tapped funding from La Paz city hall and comes as the Bolivian government is in the process of introducing federal funding regulation, the last country in the region to provide such state incentives.

All that’s left now is to secure completion finance for post-production. The film will be ready for a 2019 release.

“’Pseudo’ is the reason I went back to my country after 12 years living in the States,...

Forty-four were invited to join the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, including Kendrick Lamar, whose contributions to the “Black Panther” soundtrack are riding high on the album charts; songwriter Melissa Etheridge, who won an Oscar for her song for “An Inconvenient Truth”; and recent Oscar nominees Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka (“Lion”), Sufjan Stevens (“Call Me By Your Name”), Carlinhos Brown (“Rio”) and Benoit Charest (“The Triplets of Belleville”).

Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman, whose work with Prince catapulted them into the limelight and who have gone on to do films (“Dangerous Minds”) and considerable television, were also invited, as were composers Jeff Beal, Fil Eisler and Sharon Farber, whose best-known feature-film credits are in the documentary arena.

Classical composers Osvaldo Golijov and Joanna Bruzdowicz are on the list, as are other composers from England and the Continent: Daniel Pemberton (“Steve Jobs”), Eric Serra (“The Fifth Element...

MaryAnn’s quick take… A same-old story of a white man’s angst, set against the “exotic” backdrop of 1980s war-torn Beirut. This brand of Hollywood myopia is tired, uninteresting, and no longer acceptable. I’m “biast” (pro): love Jon Hamm and Rosamund Pike

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film

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These days, if you’re gonna appropriate another culture and whitewash whatever story you’re setting there, you sure as hell had better have a downright exceptional story to tell. Beirut is not a downright exceptional story. It is a same-old-shit story of a white man’s pain and angst, fueled primarily by the death of his wife because that’s what wives are mostly for in movies, that wonders whether he can find redemption. This is set against the...

MaryAnn’s quick take… Reminders to be kind are all very well, but it’s time to move past the idea that it’s up to people who are different to inspire everyone else to be better people. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

I have not read the source material

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

Be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle.” This is one of the monthly “precepts” Auggie Pullman’s fifth-grade homeroom teacher shares with his students. It’s a nice rule, and yay for the vocabulary lesson of precept. And just to be sure that no one has missed the fact that Wonder has not very subtly underlined this moral over and over again, Auggie will repeat it out loud for the audience at the film’s end.

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Julia Roberts is the first to admit she’s changed since her early days in Hollywood — and she says it’s for the better.

Roberts, 49, told Harper’s Bazaar U.K. she was singularly focused during the early stages of her career.

“I was my priority, a selfish little brat running around making films,” she said.

The Oscar-winning actress said she experienced a positive shift in her life after meeting her husband, cinematographer Danny Moder, and becoming a mother.

“It was meeting Danny…finding my person,” she said. “When I think about what makes my life my life, and makes...

It’s been a while since Julia Roberts had a cinematic homerun, and her last string of feature films are dismaying to say the least. She featured in the “Secret In Their Eyes” remake which nobody saw, took a lead role in the thriller “Money Monster” which, again, nobody saw, and even went as low as starring in one of the worst movies of 2016, “Mother’s Day.” (We’ll politely overlook that she lent her voice to “Smurfs: The Lost Village“).

Continue reading Julia Roberts To Star In ‘Homecoming,’ New TV Series From ‘Mr. Robot’ Creator Sam Esmail at The Playlist.

MaryAnn’s quick take… This may be Werner Herzog’s most conventional film, but its mostly untold true story knows what it means for a woman to choose a life of adventure and intellect. I’m “biast” (pro): I’m desperate for stories about women

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

Have you heard that there is a new movie, a sweeping biopic of a major historical figure, written and directed by Werner Herzog, starring Nicole Kidman, James Franco, and Robert Pattinson? Seems like kind of a big deal, doesn’t it? Seems like the kind of movie you’d hear a lot about. Instead, Queen of the Desert has been sitting on a shelf since it debuted at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2015 — more than two years ago — because… why? Why did it just now get a...

It appears someone in the universe has decided to remake Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Yes. The Musical. You know, the one with Donny Osmond and all the songs. Well, apparently Elton John thought it was a good idea so here we are. To make matters better (worse?) it is planned to be an animated film. It was announced at CinemaCon 2017 on Tuesday by Adam Fogelson, chairman of Stx's Motion Picture group. The production company known for such great works as The Gift and Secret in Their Eyes.  And I'm not even trying to be facetious. They only started in 2015, so their slate of movies is very little.

For those who are completely ignorant of the musical, it is about Joseph, from the bible, who got a colorful coat because he was best boy of his family, and his brothers got in a hissy and sold him to slavers.

Bad Robot and Paramount are working on a new film about D-Day, titled Overlord, based on J.J. Abrams and Billy Ray‘s (Shattered Glass) original idea. Ray, who directed the 2015 remake of Secret in Their Eyes, wrote the script, and Mark L. Smith (The Revenant) polished it up a little. Julius Avery (Son of a Gun) has signed on to direct the Abrams-produced World War […]

The post Julius Avery Directing Bad Robot’s Supernatural D-Day Movie ‘Overlord’ appeared first on /Film.

While it was a perfectly enjoyable film, it’s not like anyone was really asking for a remake of The Intouchables, the French movie that landed back in 2011 to mostly positive reviews. That hasn’t stopped The Weinstein Company from pressing on with their project though and after bringing on Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart to star, the studio is now looking to round out the cast.

Empire’s reporting today that Nicole Kidman and The Night Of breakout Amara Karan have boarded the remake, which has Neil Burger in the director’s chair and Jon Hartmere on scripting duties. For those who haven’t seen the original, it revolved around the true story of a paralyzed aristocrat and his caregiver, a young man who comes from the projects.

In this version, Cranston will take the former role while Hart will slip into the latter. As for the new additions,...

Johnny Depp, in a time not all that long ago, was easily one of the most promising, praised and in-demand actors in all of Hollywood. Now, while still in fairly high-demand, his promise and prominence have definitely taken a steep dive. For the second year in a row, he has been named Hollywood's most overpaid actor.

Forbes recently published their list of overpaid actors for 2016 and just like in 2015, Johnny Depp came out on top. With movies like Alice Through the Looking Glass flopping at the box office, the actor managed to only bring in $2.80 for $1 he was paid for starring in the movie. That is an incredibly bad return and says a lot about just how far he has fallen. Even his more recent outings that were well received, like Black Mass, didn't bring in very much at the box office, but he was still paid a hefty sum for his services.

When it comes to Crime Thriller, Argentina is one the most epic crime thriller movie making of all time, specially movies like "The Aura", "Carancho" and the Oscar winner "Secret in their eyes".   Story: Benjamin Esposito (Ricardo Darin) and his boss and friend Irene Hastings (Soledad Villamil) are two legal counselors that investigate crimes with the police, in a 1970s Argentina when the government were poor and the authorities were corrupt or paid by mafia. One case becomes personal for Benjamin when he investigate a murder of a young girl named Liliana Coloto (Carla Quevedo) and when he relies the judge dropped the case, than he take action in his own hands. Eventually he finds the murderer and arrest him, only to be ordered...

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MaryAnn’s quick take…

Busy with CGI to hide the emptiness where the emotional core should be. Even the mechanics of getting a man from mere mortal to demigod-in-a-cape are rote. I’m “biast” (pro): love the McU; love the cast

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

Forget everything you think you know,” Chiwetel Ejiofor intones here. Chiwetel Ejiofor! In that amazing voice of his that commands you heed him! And he’s wearing mystical robes and has secret magic knowledge and everything, so you just want to swoonily give in to his authority.

Doctor Strange certainly looks different from all the other Marvel movies, but even its differences are familiar.

Alas, Ejiofor (Triple 9, Secret in Their Eyes) — playing a planet-protecting wizard named Mordo, which I kept hearing, distractingly, as “Mordor” — wants you to forget everything you know about...

The Oscar-nominated 12 Years a Slave star is in talks to star alongside Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix in the biblical drama

Chiwetel Ejiofor is in talks to take on the role of Peter the apostle in biblical drama Mary Magdalene.

According to Deadline, the Oscar-nominated star of 12 Years a Slave, recently seen in sci-fi adventure The Martian and thriller remake Secret in Their Eyes, would be joining the previously cast Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix. The film is set to be directed by Garth Davis, who helmed episodes of the small-screen crime drama Top of the Lake.

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Spike your hair, throw on your combat boots, and get ready to dive into the mosh pit when the brilliantly crafted thriller Green Room hits Blu-ray (plus Digital HD) and DVD (plus Digital) July 12 from Lionsgate. Theatrically released by A24, and written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier (who achieved critical success with Blue Ruin), Green Room is a film that critics are calling “the best screw-tightening siege movie of the year” (Rolling Stone). Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh, the award-winning filmstars Golden Globe® nominee Patrick Stewart (X-Men: Days of Future Past)in a role ”that’s as cool as it is evil” (Bloody Disgusting) and will haunt audiences well past the closing credits. The “delightfully nasty horror chiller” (Chicago Sun-Times) also stars Anton Yelchin (Star Trek Beyond), Imogen Poots (Fright Night), Alia Shawkat (The Final Girls), Joe Cole (Secret in Their Eyes), and Callum Turner (Queen & Country).

After witnessing a shocking crime,...

Strikingly original, a truly rare pleasure in a cinematic environment clogged with cookie-cutter films. Jason Bateman and Nicole Kidman are splendid. I’m “biast” (pro): big Jason Bateman fan

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

I have not read the source material

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

Jason Bateman’s second film as director opens with a sequence that is one of the most provocative introductions to a movie I’ve ever seen. I am not going to tell you what it entails, not even in the barest outlines, because watching it unfold and feeling wonderfully bewildered at where it goes is a truly rare pleasure in a cinematic environment clogged with cookie-cutter films. And once it’s over, you’re left with an even more delicious sense of having absolutely no idea what sort of story this is setting up.

I’m so glad...

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment will release The Boy on Blu-ray, DVD, and On Demand beginning May 10th, and we’ve been provided with two Blu-ray prize packs to give away to lucky Daily Dead readers.

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Prize Details: (2) Winners will receive:

(1) Blu-ray / Digtial HD combo pack copy of The Boy. (1) The Boy T-shirt (1) The Boy candle

How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “The Boy Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.

Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on May 10th. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.

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Press Release: “Universal City, California, March 9, 2016 – A young American woman uncovers the menacing nature of the English family she cares for in The Boy, a terrifying...

Jeremy Saulnier’s masterful film, Green Room, got a theatrical release last month and I hope most of you saw it theatrically. I’m a huge fan of Saulnier since Murder Party and even saw Blue Ruin twice during a film festival. While I saw Green Room last year at Fantastic Fest, as soon as it was in St. Louis last Friday, I went to see it again. Imagine Assault on Precinct 13 or any siege film for that matter but done in reverse where our protaganists have to fight to get out of a room. Mix in skinheads with Patrick Stewart as the leader, vicious dogs and punk music and you get a general idea. The good news is, if you’re like me, you don’t have to wait long to see the film again in the comfort of your own home. If you were not fortunate enough to get Green Room in your city after the nationwide expansion on April 29th, this is even better news for you.

From the Press Release

Spike your hair, throw on your combat boots, and get ready to dive into the mosh pit when the brilliantly crafted thriller Green Room hits Blu-ray (plus Digital HD) and DVD (plus Digital) July 12 from Lionsgate. Theatrically released by A24, and written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier (who achieved critical success with BlueRuin), Green Room is a film that critics are calling “the best screw-tightening siege movie of the year” (Rolling Stone). Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh, the award-winning film stars Golden Globe® nominee Patrick Stewart (X-Men: Days of Future Past) in a role ”that’s as cool as it is evil” (Bloody Disgusting) and will haunt audiences well past the closing credits. The “delightfully nasty horror chiller” (Chicago Sun-Times) also stars Anton Yelchin (Star Trek Beyond), Imogen Poots (Fright Night), Alia Shawkat (The Final Girls), Joe Cole (Secret in Their Eyes), and Callum Turner (Queen & Country).

After witnessing a shocking crime, a young rock band is unexpectedly thrust into a life-or-death battle to escape the clutches of a diabolical club owner (Stewart) and his ruthless henchmen in this white-knuckle thriller.

The home entertainment release of Green Room contains audio commentary with Director Jeremy Saulnier and a behind-the-scenes featurette. The Green Room Blu-ray and DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $24.99 and $19.98, respectively.

Blu-ray/DVD Special Features*

Audio Commentary with Director Jeremy Saulnier “Into the Pit: Making Green Room” Featurette

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In case you don’t see it in theaters or want to experience its carnage again (this time from the comfort of your couch), Lionsgate will release Jeremy Saulnier’s Green Room on Blu-ray and DVD this July:

Press Release: Santa Monica, CA (May 3, 2016) – Spike your hair, throw on your combat boots, and get ready to dive into the mosh pit when the brilliantly crafted thriller Green Room hits Blu-ray (plus Digital HD) and DVD (plus Digital) July 12 from Lionsgate. Theatrically released by A24, and written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier (who achieved critical success with Blue Ruin), Green Room is a film that critics are calling “the best screw-tightening siege movie of the year” (Rolling Stone). Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh, the award-winning film stars Golden Globe® nominee Patrick Stewart (X-Men: Days of Future Past) in a role ”that’s as cool as it is evil” (Bloody Disgusting) and will...

Sylvester Stallone has lined up a feature with Stx Entertainment, the studio announced during its CinemaCon presentation on Tuesday.

Neither party would officially reveal anything about the project, although Screendaily understands Lawrence Grey will produce through Grey Matter Productions.

Stx sources confirmed to Screendaily that the project is not the mob film Scarpa, which Stallone has been shopping around.

“I’ve joined their family,” Stallone told attendees at the Colosseum. “We have an incredible film coming up. I’m not going to give you the name right now because I don’t want you to all go crazy.”

The appearance of Stallone, who thanked attendees for their support of 2015 hit Creed, was one of several high-profile talent to take the stage in a pure statement of intent by Bob Simonds’ fledgling studio.

Chairman and CEO Simonds himself kicked off the session alongside Stx Entertainment president Sophie Watts.

They explained that the studio was well capitalised, backed by Tpg...

• only 22% of 2015’s movies had female protagonists

• best and worst representations of women on film in 2015 (and the average Watw score for the year)

• critics are slightly more likely to rate a film highly if it represents women well

• mainstream moviegoers are not turned off by films with female protagonists

• movies that represent women well are just as likely to be profitable as movies that don’t, and are less risky as business propositions

The Where Are the Women? project was designed to drill deep down into the films of 2015 in order to determine how well — or how poorly — they represented women. The project has now come to its end, and you can examine the final ranking here. The ranking includes 270 films released in the Us, Canada, and the UK, in both limited and wide release (including every wide-release North American film and most of the UK wide-release films). The...

Stx president expects Kosse to have a team of at least 24 staff in place by mid-2017; UK and international distribution plans underway.

The appointment of Film4 boss David Kosse to president of Stx Entertainment’s international division has taken the UK industry by surprise.

However, the move is in keeping with the ambition and pace of emerging powerhouse Stx.

According to Stx Entertainment president Sophie Watts, the fast-growing mini-studio - which has been targeting an aggressive international growth strategy - views Kosse as one of the key linchpins for shaping those plans going forward.

Under Kosse’s stewardship, the company’s new London-based international division will identify and act on global opportunities for development, production and distribution of Stx’s film and TV content.

“In terms of production and distribution, everything international outside of domestic will be centralised under David Kosse,” Watts told Screen.

“You can’t build an international division without one of the single best international...

Julia Roberts is set to produce and star in a film adaptation of Harlan Coben’s novel “Fool Me Once.” Published last week by Penguin’s Dutton imprint, the story centers on former special ops pilot Maya, who sees an unthinkable image captured by her nanny cam while she is at work: her 2-year-old daughter playing with her husband, Joe, who had been brutally murdered two weeks earlier. The actress, who most recently starred in Billy Ray‘s “Secret in Their Eyes,” will produce through her Red Om banner, alongside partners Lisa Gillan and Marisa Yeres Gill. Also Read: Jennifer Aniston,...

Matt Jackson, a film producer and who has served as an executive at several production companies over his long career, has been named head of film production and acquisitions at The Mark Gordon Co., where he will be charged with overseeing the company's film operations. Jackson most recently led development and production at Im Global as president of production, where he produced films including The Secret In Their Eyes starring Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman and Chiwetel…...

The producer and executive has been named head of film production and acquisitions at The Mark Gordon Company.

Jackson arrives from Im Global, where he served as president of production since December 2013 and produced upcoming drama The Journey starring Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Freddie Highmore and John Hurt.

“Matt is a terrifically talented producer with great creative instincts and excellent taste,” said Gordon. “He knows how to put movies together and is an advocate for unique creative voices and captivating original stories. We look forward to building a robust film slate together.”

“From Saving Private Ryan to Steve Jobs, Mark has established himself as a visionary producer whose films generate legacies of their own,” said Jackson.

“He has positioned The Mark Gordon Company as a studio that creates exceptional, story-driven content and I am honoured to join him and the rest of the team to cultivate top-tier feature film material.”

Jackson’s producer...

The producer and executive has been named head of film production at The Mark Gordon Company.

Jackson arrives from Im Global, where he served in the same role since December 2013 and produced upcoming drama The Journey starring Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney, Freddie Highmore and John Hurt.

“Matt is a terrifically talented producer with great creative instincts and excellent taste,” said Gordon. “He knows how to put movies together and is an advocate for unique creative voices and captivating original stories. We look forward to building a robust film slate together.”

“From Saving Private Ryan to Steve Jobs, Mark has established himself as a visionary producer whose films generate legacies of their own,” said Jackson.

“He has positioned The Mark Gordon Company as a studio that creates exceptional, story-driven content and I am honoured to join him and the rest of the team to cultivate top-tier feature film material.”

Jackson’s producer credits at Im Global include the remake...

By Seth Metoyer

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There's really something creepy about dolls. Ever since I watched The Twilight Zone episode 'Living Doll' as a kid, that damn Talky Tina has haunted me. Over the years there have been plenty of terrifying doll-in-film movies and next up on the plastic chopping block is The Boy.

The movie will debut on Digital HD on April 26, 2016 and hit Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand on May 10, 2016. Check out all the details below, and hey, don't talk to creepy dolls.

The Boy stars Lauren Cohan and Rupert Evans. Directed by William Brent Bell, written by Stacey Menear, Produced by Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, and Richard Wright.

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A young American woman uncovers the menacing nature of the English family she cares for in The Boy, a terrifying thriller debuting on Digital HD on April 26, 2016 and on Blu-ray, DVD, and On Demand...

While the January output of horror movies has been less than stellar in recent years, The Boy pleasantly surprised quite a few people that were expecting a “by the numbers” horror movie. If you didn’t have a chance to check it out on the big screen, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment will give us The Boy Blu-ray and DVD release in May, with an early release on Digital HD:

“Universal City, California, March 9, 2016 – A young American woman uncovers the menacing nature of the English family she cares for in The Boy, a terrifying thriller debuting on Digital HD on April 26, 2016 and on Blu-ray, DVD, and On Demand on May 10, 2016, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. From Lakeshore Entertainment (Exorcism of Emily Rose and The Underworld Franchise) and Stx Entertainment (The Gift, Secret in Their Eyes), the film is a frightening thrill ride directed by William Brent Bell (The Devil Inside) and...

What's new or newish for home viewing? Let's see... It's been two release weeks for Oscar contenders. Several of them now available for rentals and sales hot off their Oscar wins.

• Creed. See why we all fussed about it and why so many were rooting for Sly (who lost in one of many surprises Sunday night) despite an unspectacular career. That's the German cover to the left. I include it because it's intereting to note that overseas they have to mention Rocky in the title somehow "Rocky's Legacy," not trusting that just Creed would do it.

• The Danish Girl. See why Vikander won the Oscar. (Hint: Huge leading role and she's playing a Long Suffering Wife, in short Oscar's two favorite things in the Supporting Actress category)

• Fargo Year Two - I hear it's good. Why am I still resisting?

• The Good Dinosaur - Tim was relatively kind in his review.

Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes review Secret in Their Eyes, a thriller based on the Oscar-winning Argentinian film. It stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as an FBI investigator trying to find the person who killed his colleague’s daughter. Also starring Julia Roberts and Nicole Kidman, Secret in Their Eyes is in UK cinemas now

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Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes join Xan Brooks for the final time to review the latest big screen releases, including Sacha Baron Cohen’s ribald comedy Grimsby

Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes join Xan Brooks for the final time to review the latest big screen releases, including Sacha Baron Cohen’s ribald comedy Grimsby; they head into The Forest for some underwhelming chills with Natalie Dormer; get charmed by coming-of-age tale King Jack; and try to figure out exactly why a star-studded remake of Secret in Their Eyes exists

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Satirising the Benefits Street stereotype of low-income Britain is asking for trouble, but Baron Cohen doubles down on the offensiveness and just about gets away with it. Middling buddy-action comedy is a given when his lager-swilling geezer reunites with his super-spy brother, but there’s enough slapstick absurdity and gross-out invention to break down even the sternest resistance.

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Peter Bradshaw and Henry Barnes join Xan Brooks for the final time to review the latest big screen releases, including Sacha Baron Cohen’s ribald comedy Grimsby; they head into The Forest for some underwhelming chills with Natalie Dormer; get charmed by coming-of-age tale King Jack; and try to figure out exactly why a star-studded remake of Secret in Their Eyes exists

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In this special episode of Off The Shelf, Ryan and Brian take a look at the new DVD and Blu-ray releases for Tuesday, February 23rd 2016.

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It’s not even been six years since the Argentine thriller The Secret in Their Eyes picked up the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and with a sense of inevitability about it, Billy Ray brings an immediate, Hollywood remake of the Juan José Campanella endeavour. When the news of this superfluous offering provoked

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Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and/or own this week via various Digital HD providers such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical exclusives for rent, priced from $3-$10, in 24- or 48-hour periods Spotlight (Oscar-bait newsroom drama; Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams; rated R) Secret in Their Eyes (drama-thriller; Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts; rated PG-13) The Good Dinosaur (family/animated; voices: Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Maleah Nipay-Padilla; rated PG) Room (drama-thriller; Brie Larson, Joan Allen; rated R) Youth (drama; Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Paul...

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The Big Sleep (Howard Hawks)

L.A. private eye Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) takes on a blackmail case…and follows a trail peopled with murderers, pornographers, nightclub rogues, the spoiled rich and more. Raymond Chandler‘s legendary gumshoe solves it in hard-boiled style – and style is what The Big Sleep is all about. Director Howard Hawks serves up snappy character encounters (particularly those of Bogart and Lauren Bacall), brisk pace and atmosphere galore. This Blu-ray doubles your pleasure,...