“Witness the hostage situation that shocked the world.”
After a successful awards run last year, Ethan Hawk returns in a film based on 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that occurred at the Norrmalmstorg square in Stockholm, Sweden.
Based on the title and plot, many may recall the phrase “Stockholm syndrome,””the psychological tendency of a hostage to bond with his or her captor.” The film tells the story that inspired the term.
The film is from Canadian writer/director Robert Budreau, who collaborated with Hawke in the highly underrated 2015 musical drama “Born to Be Blue,” where the actor played the role of jazz musician Chet Baker.
Hawk recently appeared in the critically acclaimed Paul Schraeder directed drama “First Reformed,” which gave the actor multiple best actor recognition last year and some of the best acclaim in his career.
“Stockholm” premiered last year at the Tribeca Film Festival and co-stars Noomi Rapace and Mark Strong. The film is set for release on April 12, 2019.
MPI Media Group has officially released the trailer and announced the release date for it the highly anticipated MASTER OF DARK SHADOWS, a comprehensive celebration of the legendary Gothic daytime series Dark Shadows and its visionary creator, Dan Curtis.
The film will be available across digital platforms and on DVD April 16, 2019. The feature documentary, which was shot in New York, LA and London, includes interviews with key actors and filmmakers involved in the undyingly popular story of vampire Barnabas Collins and all the eerie goings-on at the gloomy Maine mansion Collinwood. The documentary was directed by David Gregory(Lost Soul, Godfathers of Mondo)and is set to be released this spring.
Narrated by Ian McShane (Deadwood), MASTER OF DARK SHADOWS offers insights from Curtis himself in addition to Oscar-winning writer-producer Alan Ball (True Blood), screenwriter William F. Nolan (Trilogy of Terror), author Herman Wouk (The Winds Of War), veteran actors Whoopi Goldberg (Ghost), Barbara Steele (Black Sunday)and Ben Cross (Chariots of Fire), Dark Shadows stars Jonathan Frid, David Selby, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Lara Parker, John Karlen, Nancy Barrett, Jerry Lacy, Roger Davis, Marie Wallace, Chris Pennock and James Storm, plus other colleagues and family members.
In 1966, a phenomenon was launched when Dark Shadows debuted on ABC-TV as a daily Gothic suspense series. Airing in the late afternoon, the show attracted a massive youth audience as it shifted to the supernatural with the introduction of vulnerable vampire Barnabas Collins. Witches, ghosts and scary story lines turned Dark Shadows into a TV classic that led to motion pictures, remakes, reunions and legions of devoted fans who have kept the legend alive for five decades.
The feature-length documentary MASTER OF DARK SHADOWS reveals the fascinating history, far-reaching impact and lasting appeal of Dark Shadows with a compelling blend of rare footage and behind-the-scenes stories while also exploring the dramatic talents of creator-producer-director Dan Curtis. Known as the “King of TV Horror,” the Emmy-winning filmmaker followed Dark Shadows with other iconic genre favorites including The Night Stalker, Trilogy of Terror and Burnt Offerings before earning accolades for the epic miniseries The Winds of War and War and Remembrance.
Ryan Reynolds is back, this time as the voice of a world-class detective and exceptionally smart Pikachu in the upcoming science fiction action comedy “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu.”
Directed by Rob Letterman (Monsters vs. Aliens), the film is based on the 2016 video game Great Detective Pikachu. Justice Smith is also a lead in the film, playing former Pokémon trainer Tim looking for his missing father.
Also released they Warner Bros. is the film’s latest poster, featuring Detective Pikachu and Smith’s character standing on top of a building. You might want to look closely to spot a few Pokémons in it.
Letterman also co-wrote the script with Dan Hernandez, Benji Samit and Derek Connolly. The film co-stars Kathryn Newton, Omar Chaparro, Suki Waterhouse, Chris Geere, Ken Watanabe, and Bill Nighy.
“Detective Pikachu” is set for release this summer, May 10th.
Here is the film’s synopsis:
“The story begins when ace detective Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son Tim to find out what happened. Aiding in the investigation is Harry’s former Pokémon partner, Detective Pikachu: a hilariously wise-cracking, adorable super-sleuth who is a puzzlement even to himself. Finding that they are uniquely equipped to communicate with one another, Tim and Pikachu join forces on a thrilling adventure to unravel the tangled mystery. Chasing clues together through the neon-lit streets of Ryme City—a sprawling, modern metropolis where humans and Pokémon live side by side in a hyper-realistic live-action world—they encounter a diverse cast of Pokémon characters and uncover a shocking plot that could destroy this peaceful co-existence and threaten the whole Pokémon universe.”
Paramount Pictures has released the official trailer for Dexter Fletcher’s upcoming musical drama film based on the life of musician Elton John.
The film is reunites with the film’s star Taron Egerton, who plays the legendary hitmaker, with his Eddie the Eagle director Dexter Fletcher.
“Rocketman” will be Fletcher’s second consecutive film about a legendary pop musician after recently completing the Freddie Mercury biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
Rhapsody has been a global blockbuster these past few months and is headed into this Sunday’s academy awards with five nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Malek.
Meanwhile, Egerton was last in last November’s action-adventure “Robin Hood” playing the titular role opposite Jamie Foxx.
Rocketman also stars with Jamie Bell as longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard and Gemma Jones. It is set to take off in theaters next summer May 31, 2019.
Directed by the prolific Richard Gray (The Lookalike, Sugar Mountain, Robert The Bruce), Broken Ghost focuses on a family desperate to leave behind their past secrets for a fresh start in a small town in Montana.
Starring Scottie Thompson (12 Monkeys, The Black List, Star Trek), Nick Farnell, Devon Bagby and Autry Haydon-Wilson, Broken Ghost screens in Berlin this week. Written by Abe Pogos and Catherine Hill (Sugar Mountain) this captivating and haunting film tells the story of one girl’s struggle with bullies and her rise to confront her demons.
Broken Ghost will be distributed by Film Mode Entertainment and available across major digital platforms and VOD in North America starting on Tuesday, February 12, 2019.
Here’s the film’s official synopsis:
Desperate for a new life, Imogen (Haydon-Wilson) and her family move to Montana in an attempt to escape a secretive past from the big city. Eager to make a new life for herself, Imogen must overcome new tormentors, old secrets, and a strange presence in the attic. In one girl’s fight to rise up, this family eventually discovers that the ghosts of their pasts are not the only ones they have to deal with.
The new suspense thriller film features Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz from two-time Academy Award® winner Ashgar Farhadi, writer and director of The Salesman and A Separation.
Laura (Penélope Cruz) and her children travel from Buenos Aires to the village where she was born, on a Spanish vineyard, to attend her sister’s wedding, but unexpected events lead this gathering toward a crisis that exposes the family’s hidden past.
Distributed by Focus Features, Everybody Knows opened 2018 Cannes Film Festival and is now playing in select theaters in Los Angeles and New York City.
Disney drops a brand new teaser trailer for its upcoming Toy Story 4 animated comedy at the Super Bowl LIII and its delightful.
The 30-second clip sees Buzz Lightyear trapped on display in a carnival stall. But the other toys aren’t happy: “if you think you can take our top prized spot, you’re wrong!”
We also see here that Woody and Bo Peep are back with each other once again. Tim Allen returns as the spaceman Buzz Lightyear and Tom Hanks as Woody the cowboy.
The film, which continues the events from Toy Story 3, also features the return of voices of Joan Cusack as Jessie, and Estelle Harris as the Potato Heads. Josh Cooley directs the film from Stephany Folsom’s script.
“Toy Story 4” is set for release on June 21.
Here is the film’s synopsis:
Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that’s Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called “Forky” to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.
Universal Pictures has released the first trailer for “Hobbs & Shaw”, a spin-off from The Fast and the Furious series which reunites Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham’s franchise characters Luke Hobbs and Deckard Shaw respectively.
The trailer is full of over-the-top action, some of which veering into superhero territory, with Hobbs and Shaw’s reluctant partnership resulting in comedic conflict while they chase the villain.
That self proclaimed bad guy here is Idris Elba’s Brixton, a criminal mastermind with destructive super human strength. “I’m dealing with the future of the planet. I’m the necessary shock to the system. I am human evolutionary change, bulletproof, superhuman,” says a menacing Brixton.
A trailer debut for a summer movie of this size is probably more suited to drop at the Super Bowl, so he’s hoping we’ll see another cut this weekend.
Directed by “Deadpool 2” director David Leitch, the film co-stars Vanessa Kirby, Roman Reigns and Helen Mirren.
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw is set for release this summer an August 2, 2019.
Neon has released stunning new trailer on Monday for “Apollo 11,” giving us a glimpse of the scope and enormity of first moon landing mission.
Directed by Todd Douglas Miller, the 93-minute documentary was screened at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and has been receiving some great reviews.
Billed as a “cinematic space event film fifty years in the making,” the stunning new documentary features never-before-seen archival footage and audio of the historic event.
This would be the second film that reminds the world of that moment in 1969 when American astronaut and aeronautical engineer Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon. Last October, Universal Pictures released the Damien Chazelle directed epic film “First Man”.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of that event. Watch the first trailer for Apollo 11. A release date has yet to be announced.
