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Feb 26 2013

Good Vibrations release date

Nominated for three Irish Film and Television Awards, for Best Film, Best Actor (Richard Dormer) and Best Costume, Good Vibrations is the amazing story of Belfast music legend Terri Hoole, the man responsible for discovering The Undertones and recording Teenage Kicks, giving alternative music a chance to flourish in Belfast during the darkest days of Northern Ireland’s Troubles. Richard Dormer (Five Minutes of Heaven) stars alongside Jodie Whittaker (Attack The Block, Venus). The film premiered at the London Film Festival in October at the Odeon West End, Leicester Square. Good Vibrations is released in the UK and Ireland by The Works UK Distribution on March 29, 2013.
Terri Hooley is a radical, rebel and music-lover in 1970s Belfast, when the bloody conflict known as the Troubles shuts down his city. As all his friends take sides and take up arms, Terri opens a record shop on the most bombed half-mile in Europe and calls it Good Vibrations. Through it he discovers a compelling voice of resistance in the city’s nascent underground punk scene. Galvanizing the young musicians into action, he becomes the unlikely leader of a motley band of kids and punks who join him in his mission to create a new community, an Alternative Ulster, to bring his city back to life.
Heartwarming and uplifting, Good Vibrations was a hit at the 2012 Galway Film Fleadh where it won Best Irish Feature, it also received the Audience Award at the 2012 Belfast Film Festival and opened Karlovy Vary. It features performances from Liam Cunningham (The Guard, Clash of The Titans), Adrian Dunbar (Ashes to Ashes, Mo), Dylan Moran (Run Fatboy Run, Sean of the Dead), Andrew Simpson (Notes on a Scandal), Mark Ryder (Albatross) and Kerr Logan (Game of Thrones) as Fergal Sharkey. It is the second film from Cherrybomb directing duo Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn and scored by David Holmes(Ocean’s Eleven, Analyze That); Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody, Jonny Quinn and Nathan Connelly, who have known and loved Terri for many years, are executive producers. Producers are Chris Martin, Andrew Eaton, Bruno Charlesworth and David Holmes.

Good Vibrations is out 29 March 2013.

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Feb 22 2013

Cloud Atlas – Top Wachowski Films

CLOUD ATLAS

TOP WACHOWSKI FILMS

The siblingdirectorial pairing of Lana and Andy Wachowski teamed up with Tom Tykwer to create the powerful and inspiring epic Cloud Atlas, based on the best-selling novel by David Mitchell.To celebrate the film’s release on 22 Februarywe are going to take a look at the Wachowski’s best work to date, including The Matrix and V for Vendetta.

THE MATRIX

In 1999 the Wachowski’s brought us the ground-breaking and genre-defining Sci-fi film,The Matrix, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne and Hugo Weaving. The film blew audiences away with its ground-breaking introduction of a visual effect now known as ‘bullet time’, which allows a shot to progress in slow-motion while the camera appears to move through the scene at normal speed. The Wachowski’s both wrote and directed this visual masterpiece which grossed over $450 million at the worldwide box-office. The film spawned two sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, bringing in a whopping $1.6 billion total box-office for the franchise.

THE MATRIX RELOADED

The Wachowski’s returned in May 2003 to bring audiencesThe Matrix Reloaded, the second instalment in The Matrix trilogy. In the second film Neo and the rebel leaders learn that they have only 72 hours before Zion is destroyed by 250,000 sentinel machines. Neo must try to save Zion while also saving Trinity from the dark fate which plagues his dreams. This second instalment in the franchisegrossed a box-office of over $740 million worldwide.

THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS

The Matrix trilogy ended in November 2003 with the release of The Matrix Revolutions. The final film in the trilogy follows Neo as he fights to end the war between the machines and humans. Neo must finally defeat the rogue Agent Smith while the human city of Zion defends itself against invasion by the machines. The Matrix Revolutions made over $425 million at the box-office worldwide and provided audiences with an explosive ending to the franchise, packed with ground-breaking CGI and an epic one-on-one battle between Neo and Agent Smith.

V FOR VENDETTA

The Wachowski’s wrote the 2006 thriller V for Vendetta, based on the comic book of the same name by Alan Moore and David Lloyd and starring Hugo Weaving, John Hurt and Natalie Portmanand was directed by James McTeigue. The film followed a shadowy freedom-fighter known only as ‘V’ who uses terrorist tactics to bring down the totalitarian society in which he lives. Caught in between the government and ‘V’ is Evey (Portman), who must decide whose side she is on before the explosive finale.

CLOUD ATLAS

The Wachowski’s latest release is the epic Cloud Atlas, based on the best-selling novel by David Mitchell and stars an award-winning cast including: Tom Hanks, Jim Broadbent, Ben Wishaw, Jim Sturgess, Hugh Grant, David Gyasi and Susan Surrandon. This powerful film is full of drama, mystery, action and enduring love, thread through a single story that unfolds in multiple timelines over the span of 500 years.  Characters meet and reunite from one life to the next. As the consequences of their actions and choices impact one another through the past, the present and the distant future, one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.

Cloud Atlas is in cinemas this Friday 22nd February.

Jan 17 2013

Big Indie Film Sale! Get a Bargain AND Help the Indie Scene! Win Win!

I received an email this morning from our friends over at Spirit Level Film. Instead of me interpreting it for you I figured  hey, why not let you read it for yourself! So here you go!

First off is a 50% discount on all films for just 3 days (ends Sunday night) for all our customers and a very big thank you for supporting us in 2012. Simply use coupon code SLF50 at the checkout. It’s applicable across the board – even the films on special offer already.

Secondly, at last we’ve come to a place where we’re comfortable with our admittedly eclectic mix of motoring, art and politics. Combining this with the great access we have to behind-the-scenes operators who move the worlds of these uneasy bedfellows has resulted in a decision to feature many of the unreported conversations and interviews we have with them on our blog. We’ve no idea how they’ll sit side by side but at least it’ll give you an all too rare and first-hand insight from source before you get to hear about it in the news.

First up is politics, with a seriously tough, secret negotiator, next is an exclusive with one of the great petrolhead film directors.

We’ll also be launching our sneak preview section – where you can watch extended previews from all our films. Bear with us on this one, it’s under development and got a few days more work – we’ll keep you posted.

In the meantime – here’s wishing you a happy, healthy year to come with everything you could wish for yourselves.

Spirit Level Film is a fantastic website aimed at the distribution of both indie news and products! These websites are all too rare these days so get on over there and see for yourself. Pick up some amazing bargains and see some truly brilliant and inspirational films from the wonderful world of independent cinema! http://www.spiritlevelfilm.com/

Here is a trailer to a documentary series WatchReadReview have worked with and is just one of the many films available:  

Long Live Indie!

Jan 16 2013

Child star from ‘Mr Selfridge’ to star in British feature film ‘Spiritual Contact

London, UK – January, 27th 2013 – Adam Wilson is a 12 year old boy and like all 12 years olds he likes to play games and have fun. But this particular 12 year old is extraordinarily driven to become a film star. Adam made his small screen debut last Sunday in the first episode of ITV’s new period drama ‘Mr Selfridge’. But playing the Son of Jeremy Pivens’ lead character isn’t all he’s been up to recently. He will be starring in a new British feature film called Spiritual Contact, playing the lead character in a story about a boy who discovers his gift of seeing spirits and his struggle to overcome this.

The premiere of Spiritual Contact will take place on the 27th January 2013 at the Phoenix Cinema in East Finchley, with a first come, first serve one-off screening for the public taking place at 11.30am that day. Adam and the rest of the cast and crew will be attending to answer questions, take photographs and talk about the movie. The movie is an independently produced (True Story!) feature film from Atalaia Films. It see’s a directorial debut for it’s director working with a large international crew. The director, Emerson Pinheiro said of his leading character “Adam was amazing to work with, his ability to find the character and his portrayal of the character is what got him the job. I’m sure he’ll go far!” That’s not to say that he is not a normal mischievous boy “on this set, I wouldn’t say that necessarily I have been bad!” said Adam in one post film interview before explaining how the director would keep him focused “But Emerson is very good, very comforting in a way, I kinda like that” Even Director of Photography, Dave Moyle was impressed “He’s a good kid, you know.” he said “he is a normal boy who likes to have fun, but when you tell him to get into character, he just does, in a second!”The film is set to be released in the UK this summer, with an advanced screening in Finchley this month and a chance to meet and greet the cast and crew. But something tells me that Adam won’t have to wait until the summer for his next big job! you can check out the trailer of the film right here:
ATALAIA FILMS was founded in February 2011 by Emerson Pinheiro with the intention of making films based on true stories. The first project that was written by Emerson was Spiritual Contact. This movie is based in Emerson’s auto biography that happened to him when he was at the age of 11 years in Brazil in 1995. It brings a message about the Spiritual World and how this 11 year old (JEREMIAH) was able to break down the barriers of the human world and the spiritual world. In order to protect the identities of the family involved it has been written in English and shot in London, but all facts remain the same. Atalaia Films now has a diverse crew with an array of talent. Spiritual Contact is now completed and writing has begun for the next project!.
PRODUCTION : ATALAIA FILMS
OFFICIAL SPIRITUAL CONTACT WEB SITE
Adventureland
Apr 2 2012

Adventureland (2009)

Adventureland (2009)

Adventureland is a film, written and directed by Greg Mottola (Paul, Superbad) set in the summer of 1987 about a college graduate, James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) who has no idea where he is going in life, and so decides to take a job at the local amusement park, Adventureland. Here he meets a whole host of weird and wonderful friends, including a girl called Em Lewin (Kristen Stewart). The film sees James on a path where he will discover who he is and what he wants out of life with some heartache and laughs along the way. Continue reading →

500 days of summer 1
Apr 1 2012

500 Days of Summer (2009)

500 Days of Summer (2009)

500 Days of Summer, directed by Marc Webb, is an offbeat romantic comedy about a young man’s search for true love. Our main character Tom (Joseph Gorden-Levitt) believes in such a thing as true love and when he meets Summer (Zooey Deschanel) he believes he has found the perfect girl. Summer on the other hand has a very different take on love. This film shows Tom’s storey as he spends his 500 days with Summer, and the ups and downs that comes when two people have two very different views when it comes to love.

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