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On Louis Drax’s ninth birthday, he takes a terrible fall and is nearly killed. This would be traumatic enough for anyone, but what is especially alarming is that this is only the latest in a long...
Now you can own the Blu-ray of The 9th Life Of Louis Drax. We Are Movie Geeks has four copies to give away! All you have to do is leave a comment answering this question: What is your favorite movie directed by Alexandre Aja? (mine is Piranha 3D). It’s so easy!
Good Luck!
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1. You Must Be A Us Resident. Prize Will Only Be Shipped To Us Addresses. No P.O. Boxes. No Duplicate Addresses.
2. Winners Will Be Chosen From All Qualifying Entries.
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On Louis Drax’s ninth birthday, he takes a terrible fall and is nearly killed. This would be traumatic enough for anyone, but what is especially alarming is that this is only the latest in a long...
- 2/8/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Ten years after Anthony Minghella optioned Liz Jensen‘s The 9th Life of Louis Drax to develop cinematically, it was his son Max who saw it begin production. The younger Minghella’s first credited screenplay, probably brought to director Alexandre Aja on set of their previous collaboration Horns, it would ultimately take another two for the finished film’s release. If I were to wager a guess as to why I’d say the distributors found themselves painted in a corner unable to figure out how to sell it. Rated R for reasons that probably could have been cut to earn a PG-13 if desired, the story arrives from the viewpoint of a nine year-old boy—his dark fantasy delivered in a way that feels perfectly primed for teenagers rather than adults.
Young Louis Drax (Aiden Longworth) is an original. He’s smart, perceptive, and extremely accident-prone from the womb.
Young Louis Drax (Aiden Longworth) is an original. He’s smart, perceptive, and extremely accident-prone from the womb.
- 9/2/2016
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Sneak Peek new footage and images from the next episode of "Almost Human", titled "The Bends", airing December 2, 2013:
"...an old cop friend of 'Detective Kennex' (Karl Urban) goes undercover, posing as a 'cook' of a highly addictive street drug called 'The Bends'.
"But his cover is blown.
"As the scope of the intense drug investigation unfolds, a determined Kennex and 'Dorian' (Michael Ealy) call on 'Rudy Lom' (Mackenzie Crook) for assistance..."
Cast also includes Minka Kelly as 'Detective Valerie Stahl', Michael Irby as 'Detective Richard Paul' and Lili Taylor as 'Captain Sandra Maldonado'. Guest cast for the episode includes Benito Martinez as 'Captain Alexio Barros', Steve Bradley as 'Cooper', Robert Parent as 'Cruz', Rob Hayter as 'Tempesco', Josh Blacker as 'The Bishop' aka 'Maxwell', Mark Acheson as 'The Cook' aka 'Nolan Santana', Walter Uegama as 'Nuri', Jane McGregor as 'Kelly Copper', Patrick Gallagher as 'Tony Han', Tony Everett as 'Tech',...
"...an old cop friend of 'Detective Kennex' (Karl Urban) goes undercover, posing as a 'cook' of a highly addictive street drug called 'The Bends'.
"But his cover is blown.
"As the scope of the intense drug investigation unfolds, a determined Kennex and 'Dorian' (Michael Ealy) call on 'Rudy Lom' (Mackenzie Crook) for assistance..."
Cast also includes Minka Kelly as 'Detective Valerie Stahl', Michael Irby as 'Detective Richard Paul' and Lili Taylor as 'Captain Sandra Maldonado'. Guest cast for the episode includes Benito Martinez as 'Captain Alexio Barros', Steve Bradley as 'Cooper', Robert Parent as 'Cruz', Rob Hayter as 'Tempesco', Josh Blacker as 'The Bishop' aka 'Maxwell', Mark Acheson as 'The Cook' aka 'Nolan Santana', Walter Uegama as 'Nuri', Jane McGregor as 'Kelly Copper', Patrick Gallagher as 'Tony Han', Tony Everett as 'Tech',...
- 11/28/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Theta Sorority, East Iowa University. A friend, Taylor ( Christine Laing) gives Lori (Jane McGregor) a top to wear on her date and she's driven to a spot to make out. Lori's father calls her but she doesn't pick up. A sinister man with a hook lurks outside the car. Rich (Brian Skala) goes out of the car and the man slashes the car. Then disappears. Lori runs to find Rich, hanging. Dean (Jensen Ackles) comments Sam's (Jared Padalecki) half-caff double vanilla latte is getting cold. Sam's on the phone, but Dad (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) doesn't want to be found. An article reports a mutilated body found in Iowa and the 'attacker was invisible'. Dean is certain this is something Dad would check out. They visit the Vic's fraternity house under the guise of being fraternity brothers from Ohio and need a place to stay. The guy wants his back painted...
- 7/1/2011
- by mhasan@corp.popstar.com (Mila Hasan)
- PopStar
Even though everyone's all about what's hitting home video in October for Halloween, the good folks over at IFC gave us a look at what they're dishing out in terms of horror and thrillers for the month of November!
Synopsis
Lisa Vidal of ER and Star Trek delivers a startling performance as Deborah Martin, a former photographer turned stay-at-home mom who moves her family into a strange house filled with cut-glass windows and beveled mirrors that reflect to infinity. As she attempts to restart her photography career, Deborah discovers to her utter horror that those she photographs die – reflected in the chilling visions she sees in the house’s mirrors. Has Deborah accidentally unearthed the house’s dark past? Has she discovered an alternate reality that unleashes a homicidal evil? Or is she trapped within the terrifying recesses of her own disturbed mind?
The DVD available November 3rd presents the film in widescreen letterbox format.
Synopsis
Lisa Vidal of ER and Star Trek delivers a startling performance as Deborah Martin, a former photographer turned stay-at-home mom who moves her family into a strange house filled with cut-glass windows and beveled mirrors that reflect to infinity. As she attempts to restart her photography career, Deborah discovers to her utter horror that those she photographs die – reflected in the chilling visions she sees in the house’s mirrors. Has Deborah accidentally unearthed the house’s dark past? Has she discovered an alternate reality that unleashes a homicidal evil? Or is she trapped within the terrifying recesses of her own disturbed mind?
The DVD available November 3rd presents the film in widescreen letterbox format.
- 10/1/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
TORONTO -- Canadian movie producer Brightlight Pictures on Wednesday said that Patrick Lussier (Wes Craven Presents Dracula 2000, White Noise 2) will direct Headhunter, a psychological thriller based on Michael Slade's 1984 debut novel of the same name. Vancouver-based Brightlight said Wil Zmak (The Dark Hours) is penning the screenplay for the feature-length picture about a serial killer on the loose in Vancouver. Brightlight Pictures co-founders Stephen Hegyes and Shawn Williamson will produce Headhunter, having reunited with Lussier, who directed their earlier Michael Keaton starrer White Noise 2: The Light. There was no word on casting for Headhunter. Brightlights' recent movie credits include American Venus with Rebecca DeMornay and Jane McGregor and Dungeon Siege, which starred Jason Statham and Ray Liotta.
- 10/11/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
VANCOUVER -- Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine took the Air Canada People's Choice Award at the 21st Vancouver International Film Festival, which closed Friday night. An estimated 150,000 people attended the 16-day festival, a new record. This year, the festival added new screening rooms and featured a more playful "Hollywood/Bollywood" theme than the political themes of recent years. Other winners included Andrew Cheng's Shanghai Panic (Dragons and Tigers Award for Young Cinema), Lee Chang-Dong's Oasis Chief Dan George Humanitarian Award) and Peter Mettler's Gambling, Gods and L.S.D. (National Film Board Best Documentary). Director Jane McGregor won the Women in Film and Video Artistic Merit Award for her films Flowers & Garnet and Bitten. The Federal Express Award for Most Popular Canadian Film was shared by two films, Deborah Day's Expecting and Fix: The Story of an Addicted City, by Nettie Wild. The Telefilm Canada awards for Best Emerging Western Canadian Director were won by Keith Behrman (feature-length) and Michelle Porter (short). The new Citytv Western Canadian Screenwriter Award went to Nicholas Racz for The Burial Society. The awards were presented before a gala screening of Todd Haynes' Far From Heaven, which closed the festival.
- 10/14/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Coming-out parties can be difficult to orchestrate, and the debutante release from the new distribution outfit Premiere Marketing & Distribution is no exception."Slap Her ... She's French," a comedy about a Gallic exchange student -- starring Piper Perabo and Jane McGregor, directed by Melanie Mayron and produced by Constantin Film -- was to have made its bow this Friday. Penciled into 2,000 theaters, it was to have served as Premiere's introduction to the theatrical marketplace. Ads heralding the movie's imminent arrival appeared Aug. 18 in the Sunday edition of the Los Angeles Times.But last week, Premiere, headed by former New Line Cinema marketing and distribution chief Mitchell Goldman, announced that the party was being postponed. "Slap Her" was moved back three weeks and is now scheduled to debut Sept. 20. While last-minute release-date changes are common enough in the distribution business, where the players are constantly looking for whatever advantage they can find, the late-in-the-game strategy shift for "Slap Her" raised eyebrows.In fact, the move was dictated less by strategic design than by financial necessity. Before it could launch its media buy on behalf of the movie, Premiere found itself waiting for banker JPMorgan Chase to advance the funds needed for prints and advertising.Goldman was traveling and unavailable for comment Friday, but Premiere executives insisted that the glitch is a minor one. "We'll be getting our money by Sept. 3, and the media buy will begin next week," a source said. "Everything here is business as usual."Lewis O'Neil, Premiere's president of distribution, said: "It's just a question of finalization -- it's more a question of paperwork and completing the arrangements. None of this has to do with 'Slap Her ... She's French.' It's all just part of starting a company."...
- 8/26/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It's quite apparent -- right down to the hot pink lettering in the advertising -- that the distributor of "Slap Her ... She's French" would very much like it to be mistaken for another "Legally Blonde".
The only problem is, the Reese Witherspoon picture wasn't a gratingly unfunny groaner littered with zero-dimensional, unlikable characters and hackneyed, threadbare comic setups.
Fortunately, few -- aside from those who might mistake this German-financed production for a breezy foreign-language art house import -- will take the bait, ensuring that "Slap Her" beats a hasty retreat to the video store.
Wasting a potentially workable "All About Eve" premise, the film concerns the seemingly charmed life of one Starla Grady (Jane McGregor), the most popular student at Splendona High School, located somewhere deep in the heart of Texas.
That is, until one fateful day when, needing to amp up a little audience sympathy during another beauty pageant (Sending up pageants? How novel!), she announces her family will be taking in an exchange student from Paris in yet another gesture of her unfailing goodwill.
Enter the mousy, bespectacled Genevieve LePlouff (Piper Perabo), who seemingly worships the ground Starla struts upon. The beret and really bad French accent might fool some people, but it's clear from the get-go that Genevieve, or whatever her name really is, has major plans to dethrone her not-so-gracious hostess.
Naturally, Starla doesn't take kindly to people attempting to appropriate her life, and with a little detecting assistance from her bookish kid brother (Jesse James) and the nice-guy school photographer (Trent Ford), she exposes Genevieve as a vengeance-crazed wannabe.
But Genevieve isn't the real culprit here -- it's writers Lamar Damon and Robert Lee King and director Melanie Mayron who are truly deserving of a group smack.
Rather than striving for anything resembling sharply observed satire, the filmmakers have instead opted to mine lazy laughs from tired targets, and the bottom-feeding results leave behind an irritating, slimy residue.
While King, who directed the appropriately campy "Psycho Beach Party", and Damon seem to be biding their time until the next cat fight, actress-turned-director Mayron allows all the squandered comic opportunities to fall with an awkward thud, as if anticipating a laugh track to bail her out.
The cast, which also includes Julie White, Brandon Smith and Michael McKean as an improbable French teacher (maybe that's where Perabo learned the lame accent), doesn't fare much better, while the technical aspects, including the work of production design team Anne Stuhler and Roswell Hamrick ("Boiler Room", "Made"), are more proficient than the picture deserves.
SLAP HER ... SHE'S FRENCH
The Premiere Group
The Premiere Marketing & Distribution Group and Constantin Film present in association with Bandeira and Key Entertainment a Beau Flynn, Emcke/Augsberger and IMF 2 production
Credits:
Director: Melanie Mayron
Screenwriters: Lamar Damon, Robert Lee King
Producers: Beau Flynn, Jonathan King, Matthias Emcke
Executive producers: Bernd Eichinger, Thomas Augsberger, Stefan Simchowitz, Matthias Deyle, Volker Schauz
Director of photography: Charles Minsky
Production designers: Anne Stuhler, Roswell Hamrick
Editor: Marshall Harvey
Costume designer: Julia Caston
Music: David Michael Frank
Cast:
Genevieve LePlouff: Piper Perabo
Starla Grady: Jane McGregor
Ed Mitchell: Trent Ford
Monsieur Duke: Michael McKean
Bootsie Grady: Julie White
Arnie Grady: Brandon Smith
Randolph Grady: Jesse James
Running time -- 93 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
The only problem is, the Reese Witherspoon picture wasn't a gratingly unfunny groaner littered with zero-dimensional, unlikable characters and hackneyed, threadbare comic setups.
Fortunately, few -- aside from those who might mistake this German-financed production for a breezy foreign-language art house import -- will take the bait, ensuring that "Slap Her" beats a hasty retreat to the video store.
Wasting a potentially workable "All About Eve" premise, the film concerns the seemingly charmed life of one Starla Grady (Jane McGregor), the most popular student at Splendona High School, located somewhere deep in the heart of Texas.
That is, until one fateful day when, needing to amp up a little audience sympathy during another beauty pageant (Sending up pageants? How novel!), she announces her family will be taking in an exchange student from Paris in yet another gesture of her unfailing goodwill.
Enter the mousy, bespectacled Genevieve LePlouff (Piper Perabo), who seemingly worships the ground Starla struts upon. The beret and really bad French accent might fool some people, but it's clear from the get-go that Genevieve, or whatever her name really is, has major plans to dethrone her not-so-gracious hostess.
Naturally, Starla doesn't take kindly to people attempting to appropriate her life, and with a little detecting assistance from her bookish kid brother (Jesse James) and the nice-guy school photographer (Trent Ford), she exposes Genevieve as a vengeance-crazed wannabe.
But Genevieve isn't the real culprit here -- it's writers Lamar Damon and Robert Lee King and director Melanie Mayron who are truly deserving of a group smack.
Rather than striving for anything resembling sharply observed satire, the filmmakers have instead opted to mine lazy laughs from tired targets, and the bottom-feeding results leave behind an irritating, slimy residue.
While King, who directed the appropriately campy "Psycho Beach Party", and Damon seem to be biding their time until the next cat fight, actress-turned-director Mayron allows all the squandered comic opportunities to fall with an awkward thud, as if anticipating a laugh track to bail her out.
The cast, which also includes Julie White, Brandon Smith and Michael McKean as an improbable French teacher (maybe that's where Perabo learned the lame accent), doesn't fare much better, while the technical aspects, including the work of production design team Anne Stuhler and Roswell Hamrick ("Boiler Room", "Made"), are more proficient than the picture deserves.
SLAP HER ... SHE'S FRENCH
The Premiere Group
The Premiere Marketing & Distribution Group and Constantin Film present in association with Bandeira and Key Entertainment a Beau Flynn, Emcke/Augsberger and IMF 2 production
Credits:
Director: Melanie Mayron
Screenwriters: Lamar Damon, Robert Lee King
Producers: Beau Flynn, Jonathan King, Matthias Emcke
Executive producers: Bernd Eichinger, Thomas Augsberger, Stefan Simchowitz, Matthias Deyle, Volker Schauz
Director of photography: Charles Minsky
Production designers: Anne Stuhler, Roswell Hamrick
Editor: Marshall Harvey
Costume designer: Julia Caston
Music: David Michael Frank
Cast:
Genevieve LePlouff: Piper Perabo
Starla Grady: Jane McGregor
Ed Mitchell: Trent Ford
Monsieur Duke: Michael McKean
Bootsie Grady: Julie White
Arnie Grady: Brandon Smith
Randolph Grady: Jesse James
Running time -- 93 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 8/22/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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