Reprise

Reprise” – The freewheeling passion of youth and the unpredictable perils of fate are both the subject and the breathtaking form of Joachim Trier’s lean and kinetic journey through friendship, love, madness and creativity: “Reprise” . Trier viscerally captures the way life takes off at rocket-speed in the beginning of adulthood – and the what-ifs and why-nots that both drive and haunt us as the unbridled hopes of youth come to a screeching halt. The fast-moving story kicks off just as Phillip (ANDERS DANIELSON LIE) and Erik (ESPEN KLOUMAN-HOINER) stand at the mailbox, two cocky, grinning rebels full of 20 year-old verve and dreams, their whole lives hanging in the balance at this singular moment. Each is about to ship off his first novel to publishers, each is hoping to become a wildly influential “cult author,” each has visions of a new life of non-stop intensity, brilliance, romance and nightclubbing.

Fast-forward six months. These reveries have crashed, hard, into reality. Phillip, whose novel garnered instant acclaim and turned him into a mini-celebrity, has had a terrifying breakdown and is just about to be released from a psychiatric hospital. Erik, who never sold his novel, is still pecking away, determined to follow in the footsteps of his undying hero, a reclusive but idolized writing genius, no matter what it takes.

“Reprise” explores not just what happens to Phillip and Erik as they pick up the pieces but what might have happened to them, what they imagine could happen, what they fear will possibly happen and what they can’t see actually happening. Nimbly moving both backwards and forwards in time – via a dazzling mix of flashbacks, rapid-fire editing, philosophical voiceovers and comical flights of fancy — the film traces how Erik and Phillip arrived at this precipice where exuberant youth runs into the harsh light of day . . . and witnesses the emotionally gripping aftermath.

“Reprise” marks the feature film debut of Joachim Trier, who wrote the screenplay with Eskil Vogt. In its native Norway, the film won Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay at the national film awards. REPRISE’s unusual cast includes Anders Danielsen Lie, a doctor and musician, as the romantically enigmatic Philip and advertising copywriter Espen Klouman Hoiner, as the sly and charismatic Erik. Newcomer Viktoria Winge is Kari, Phillip’s girlfriend and muse, with whom he tries, over and over, to recreate the elusive source of his inspiration. The film is produced by Karin Julsrud and executive produced by Scott Rudin.

“Reprise”: Official selection at New Directors/New Films and Sundance Film Festival
“Reprise”: Winner, Best Director, Karlovy Vary Film Festival
“Reprise”: Winner, Discovery Award, Toronto Film Festival

STARRING: Magnus Williamson, Pål Stokka, Espen Klouman Høiner, Anders Danielsen Lie, Viktoria Winge, Christian Rubeck
DIRECTOR: Joachim Trier
STUDIO: Miramax
RATING: R (For strong language, nudity, sexual situations)
THEATER COUNT (Opening Weekend): TBD
RUNNING TIME: TBD
TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: TBD
U.S. DVD RELEASE DATE: TBD

Reprise Trailer

The Chronicles Of Narnia 2: Prince

Caspian

In “The Chronicles Of Narnia 2: Prince Caspian,” the enchanted characters of C.S. Lewis’s timeless fantasy come to dazzling life again in this second installment of the seven book series, in which the Pevensie siblings – Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy – are magically and mysteriously transported back from World War II England to Narnia, where a thrilling, perilous new adventure and an even greater test of their faith and courage awaits them.

One year after the incredible events of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” the Kings and Queens of Narnia find themselves back in that faraway wondrous realm, only to discover that more than 1300 years have passed in Narnian time. During their absence, the Golden Age of Narnia has become extinct, Narnia has been conquered by the Telmarines and is now under the control of the evil King Miraz, who rules the land without mercy.

The four children will soon meet an intriguing new character: Narnia’s rightful heir to the throne, the young Prince Caspian, who has been forced into hiding as his uncle Miraz plots to kill him in order to place his own newborn son on the throne. With the help of the kindly dwarf, a courageous talking mouse named Reepicheep, a badger named Trufflehunter and a Black Dwarf, Nikabrik, the Narnians, led by the mighty knights Peter and Caspian, embark on a remarkable journey to find Aslan, rescue Narnia from Miraz’s tyrannical hold, and restore magic and glory to the land.

“The Chronicles Of Narnia 2″ inhabits a wardrobe near you Summer 2008!

“Narnia 2″ will be succeeded by “The Chronicles of Narnia 3″ – in theaters 2010.

Go Behind The Scenes of “Narnia 2″… (continue)

STARRING: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Liam Neeson, Ben Barnes, Alicia Borrachero, Peter Dinklage, Vincent Grass, Warwick Davis, Ken Stott, Shane Rangi, Pierfrancesco Favino, Sergio Castellitto, Damián Alcázar, Simón Andreu, Cornell John
DIRECTOR: Andrew Adamson
STUDIO: Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media

RATING: PG-13 (Fantasy violence) Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian Trailer 2

What Happens In Vegas

What Happens In Vegas” – The popular expression, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” conjures up a veritable jackpot of shed inhibitions, insane indulgence, and gleeful debauchery. And if you can remember any of it, you probably weren’t there.

But what would happen if a few crazy–okay, hugely inebriated–moments in Sin City not only didn’t “stay” there but also followed you all the way back home and threatened to turn your life upside down? That’s the setup that explodes into a series of outrageous consequences for two sexy, if wildly mismatched, strangers in the comedy “What Happens In Vegas”.

For charismatic party guy Jack Fuller (ASHTON KUTCHER) and buttoned-up commodities trader Joy McNally (CAMERON DIAZ), a rowdy weekend coincidentally shared in Las Vegas should have, by all rights, ended up being little more than a random blur. That is, if these two vacationing New Yorkers didn’t have a signed marriage license staring them in the face to shockingly remind them of the giant misstep they took while feeling no pain, Vegas-style.

Stacking the deck, not only did Jack and Joy tie the knot after tying one on, but later scored a mind-blowing three million bucks in a slot machine bonanza. Well, Jack won it with Joy’s quarter. At the machine she’d already been playing. Or was it the other way around? And whose loot is it anyway?

Therein lies the weird hand dealt this bickering duo who take their predicament back to Manhattan only to be sentenced by the intractable Judge Whopper (DENNIS MILLER) to “six months hard marriage.” Despite the hapless protests of Jack’s best friend and legal counsel Steve “Hater” Hader (ROB CORDDRY), Whopper refuses to grant Jack and Joy an annulment, freezes the prize booty, and forces the irresponsible couple to prove they have done everything humanly possible to make their impromptu marriage work. This includes co-habitation, weekly counseling sessions, and doing something the old school Whopper believes Jack and Joy’s “generation” hates to do: try. Otherwise, the judge guarantees, the three million bucks will stay caught up in a legal battle so long and expensive no one but the lawyers will ever see a penny of it.

I now pronounce you man and wife. For real.

Jack and Joy figure, “Fine, how hard can it be” and take the bait only to find themselves locked in a hilarious, patience-testing, panties-twisting game of wild one-upmanship–may the best “pretend spouse” win.

The battle of the sexes has never had a pair of gladiators like Jack and Joy, not to mention their partners in crime–Jack’s hair-trigger buddy “Hater” and Joy’s take-no-prisoners gal pal Tipper (LAKE BELL), who despise each other with almost as much venom as do Jack and Joy. Throw in Jack’s demanding father, Jack, Sr. (TREAT WILLIAMS); Joy’s hard-driving boss, Banger (DENNIS FARINA); her snooty ex-fiance, Mason (JASON SUDEIKIS); and a savvy shrink named Dr. Twitchell (QUEEN LATIFAH), and pretty soon there’s a whole team of folks making Jack and Joy’s frantic charade that much crazier.

Can Jack and Joy survive their six months of “wedded bliss”–without killing each other first–and ultimately cash in for the big payoff? Or will the fiery sparks that ricochet between them actually ignite, turning a fake relationship into something astonishingly real?

In the end, what happens in “What Happens In Vegas” may prove the biggest surprise of all.

STARRING: Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Rob Corddry, Lake Bell, Dennis Farina, Jason Sudeikis, Queen Latifah, Zach Galifianakis, Treat Williams
DIRECTOR: Tom Vaughan
STUDIO: 20th Century Fox
RATING: PG-13 (For sexual situations, language)
THEATER COUNT (Opening Weekend): TBD
RUNNING TIME: TBD
TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: TBD
U.S. DVD RELEASE DATE: TBD

What Happens in Vegas Trailer (HD)

Tracey Fragments

Tracey Fragments” – 15-year-old Tracey Berkowitz (Ellen Page) is naked under a tattered shower curtain at the back of a bus, looking for her little brother Sonny, who thinks he’s a dog. Tracey’s journey leads us into the dark underbelly of the city, into the emotional cesspool of her home, through the brutality of her high school, the clinical cat and mouse games with her shrink and her soaring fantasies of Billy Zero – her boyfriend and Rock ‘n’ Roll saviour. Her travels also put her in contact with the seedier inhabitants of the city. Like Lance, her would-be saviour who ultimately puts her life in jeopardy. Tracey’s stories begin to intertwine truth with lies, and hope with despair as we move closer to the truth of Sonny’s disappearance.

“Tracey Fragments” is a stirring tragic ‘comedy’ and what the producers label a 21st Century “The Catcher In The Rye,” told in a dazzling pop art fashion. “The Tracey Fragments” employs multiframe editing to alleged startling effect, pushing the boundaries of cinematic language to get inside the heart and mind of “Tracey.”

Why should you see “Tracey Fragments”? Well, for one, the girl who plays “Tracey” is none other than Ellen Page of “Juno.”

STARRING: Ellen Page, Zie Souwand, Libby Adams, Shawn Ahmed, Stephen Amell, Jackie Brown, Ari Cohen, Ryan Cooley
DIRECTOR: Bruce McDonald
STUDIO: THINKFilm
RATING: R (For violence, nudity, language)
THEATER COUNT (Opening Weekend): TBD
RUNNING TIME: TBD
TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: TBD
U.S. DVD RELEASE DATE: TBD

The Tracey Fragments Trailer

Surfwise

Surfwise” – “Surfwise” is the tumultuous story of 85-year old surfer, health advocate and sex guru, Dr. Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz, his wife Juliette, and their nine children who were all home-schooled and raised in a small camper on the beach, where they surfed and had to adhere to the strict diet and lifestyle of animals in the wild

STARRING: The Paskowitz family
DIRECTOR: Doug Pray
STUDIO: Magnolia Films
RATING: R (Language, sexual material)
THEATER COUNT (Opening Weekend): TBD
RUNNING TIME: 93 minutes
TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: TBD
U.S. DVD RELEASE DATE: TBD

Surfwise – Official HD Trailer

Frontiers

Frontiers” – Originally scheduled to be part of the “After Dark Horrorfest 2007,” After Dark Films president Courtney Solomon decided to pull the movie and give it its own theatrical release in 2008.

“Frontiers” – While an extreme rightwing candidate advances to the second ballot of the presidential election, a group of young armed robbers holes up in a backwoods inn. The inn is located in an old mining wasteland, and its managers are a particularly sordid lot — neo-Nazi cannibals.

STARRING: Karina Testa, Maud Forget, Amelie Daure, Estelle Lefebure, Adel Bencherif
DIRECTOR: Xavier Gens
STUDIO: After Dark Films
RATING: NC-17 (Violence, language, nudity)
THEATER COUNT (Opening Weekend): TBD
RUNNING TIME: TBD
TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: TBD
U.S. DVD RELEASE DATE: TBD

Frontiers – Trailer 2008

How The Garcia Girls Spent Their

Summer

How The Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer” – What does female desire look like? And how do self-inflicted limitations and social expectations shade and color it? In her tenderly comic, richly textured feature debut, Georgina Garcia Riedel lovingly explores the terrain of longing, loneliness, and self-realization among three generations of single women in a Mexican American family as they grapple with romantic drought.

As sweltering summer stretches over a sun-bleached Arizona border town, Doña Genoveva (Lucy Gallardo), the Garcia family matriarch, decides to buy a car. The only catch is that she doesn’t know how to drive. When she enlists Don Pedro’s pedagogical skills, sparks begin to fly–at her house and beyond. Her daughter, Lolita, played with deadpan poignancy by Elizabeth Peña, seems to have hit a dry spell until things start to sizzle at the butcher shop where she works. Meanwhile, Lolita’s teenage daughter, Blanca, a radiant America Ferrera (REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES), engineers an awakening all her own. It’s as if the languid heat wave has thawed everyone’s defenses and jump-started a sexual revolution.

Like the folks in the story, Riedel’s camera never hurries, savoring the poetic vistas and lazy rhythms of the rural Southwest without resorting to sentimentality. Her three heroines are utterly human–full of idiosyncrasies and unexpected charms. In each of them is a distinctive, newly discovered sensuality, an engine that drives them forward, kicking up dust as they go.

STARRING: America Ferrera, Elizabeth Pena, Lucy Gallardo, Steven Bauer
DIRECTOR: Georgina Garcia Riedel
STUDIO: Maya Releasing
RATING: R (For language, sexual situations, nudity, adult situations)
THEATER COUNT (Opening Weekend): 100
RUNNING TIME: 104 minutes
TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: TBD
U.S. DVD RELEASE DATE: TBD

How The Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer – Official Trailer

Speed Racer Movie

From writer/directors Larry and Andy Wachowski, the creators of the groundbreaking “The Matrix” trilogy, and producer Joel Silver comes the live-action, high-octane family adventure “Speed Racer.”

Hurtling down the track, careening around, over and through the competition, “Speed Racer” (Emile Hirsch) is a natural behind the wheel. Born to race cars, Speed is aggressive, instinctive and, most of all, fearless. His only real competition is the memory of the brother he idolized—the legendary Rex Racer—whose death in a race has left behind a legacy that Speed is driven to fulfill.

Speed is loyal to the family racing business, led by his father, Pops Racer (John Goodman), the designer of Speed’s thundering Mach 5. When Speed turns down a lucrative and tempting offer from Royalton Industries, he not only infuriates the company’s maniacal owner (Roger Allam) but uncovers a terrible secret—some of the biggest races are being fixed by a handful of ruthless moguls who manipulate the top drivers to boost profits. If Speed won’t drive for Royalton, Royalton will see to it that the Mach 5 never crosses another finish line.

Speed Racer (2008) HD Trailer 4

Noise

Noise” – Henry Bean (“The Believer”) returns to the big screen with a complete rarity in American movies today: a comedy of ideas. David (Oscar-winner Tim Robbins) is a successful lawyer who can’t stand the fact that Manhattan is a place where it’s too noisy to get a good night’s sleep, listen to classical music, or even make love to his wife without disturbance. Every time David hears a car alarm going off, he swings into action. Adopting the guise of “The Rectifier,” he engages in acts of vandalism that satisfy him immensely but which generate no end of grief from his wife (Bridget Moynahan, yes, the mother of Tom Brady’s baby). They also make him politically controversial when he provokes the ire of the city’s arrogant mayor (Oscar-winner William Hurt).

STARRING: Tim Robbins, Bridget Moynahan, William Baldwin, William Hurt
DIRECTOR: Henry Bean
STUDIO: THINKFilm
RATING: R (For language, adult situations)
THEATER COUNT (Opening Weekend): TBD
RUNNING TIME: 93 minutes
TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: TBD
U.S. DVD RELEASE DATE: TBD

Noise – Trailer

Monster Camp

Monster Camp” – Welcome to “Monster Camp,” the true story about a world where people transform into creatures, heroes, and monsters to escape their daily lives. In the vein of Lord of the Rings, World of Warcraft, and Dungeons and Dragons; these enthusiasts have developed a complicated world to bring their fantasies to life. Romantic relationships are forged between characters. Friendships are destroyed over plot disputes. Characters are slain and never return. But keeping this world alive takes a lot of real world work. And unless someone is willing to take charge, the fantasy may be lost forever.

STARRING: Documentary
DIRECTOR: Cullen Hoback
STUDIO: Lifesize Entertainment
RATING: Not Rated (Strong language)
THEATER COUNT (Opening Weekend): TBD
RUNNING TIME: 81 minutes
TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: TBD
U.S. DVD RELEASE DATE: TBD