Archive for December 2014
Warner Bros. Pictures Surpasses $3 Billion at the International Box Office
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For the second consecutive year, Warner Bros. Pictures International has exceeded the coveted $3 billion mark at the international box office, it was announced today by Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, President of International Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures.
“We couldn’t be happier to cap off the year this way. In an increasingly competitive marketplace, it is our great team whose commitment, talent and passion make it possible to maximize the international potential of all of our films, from the smallest gems to the biggest tentpoles.”
This benchmark comes on the heels of the release of “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, which surpassed $400 million at the international box office this weekend and is still going strong.
In making the announcement, Kwan Vandenberg stated, “We couldn’t be happier to cap off the year this way. In an increasingly competitive marketplace, it is our great team whose commitment, talent and passion make it possible to maximize the international potential of all of our films, from the smallest gems to the biggest tentpoles.”
Nine Warner Bros. Pictures films have exceeded $100 million internationally, topped by Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” (with Paramount Pictures), which has taken in an astounding $467 million outside of the U.S. to date, and “Godzilla” (with Legendary Pictures), which has earned $327 million overseas. Four titles—Doug Liman’s “Edge of Tomorrow” (with Village Roadshow Pictures), Phil Lord & Christopher Miller’s “The LEGO® Movie” (also with Village Roadshow Pictures), and Noam Murro and Zack Snyder’s “300: Rise of an Empire” (with Legendary), along with the 2014 spillover grosses from “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”—each topped $200 million abroad. Other key successes included New Line’s “Annabelle” at a phenomenal $171 million and “Into the Storm,” and the local productions “Wild Tales (Relatos Salvajes),” Argentina’s official entry for the Foreign Language Film Oscar and the highest grossing local production of all time; the hit German comedy “Vaterfreuden”; and the Japanese productions “Rorouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno” and “Runouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends.”
Warner Bros. Pictures International has surpassed $1 billion in grosses a total of 16 years, and crossed $2 billion seven times, including consecutive years from 2010 to 2014.
Vin Diesel has the perfect size to play Blackbolt
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Actor Vin Diesel, who voiced the human-tree hybrid in 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Sports and many fans love the Vin Diesel Movies, and he is still on time to be playing Blackbolt from the Inhumans. A film based on the InhumansInhumans is set to hit theaters Nov. 28, 2018. A cast has yet to be announced.
Alicia Keys had her happiest moment of her life
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Alicia Keys and husband Swizz Beatz are now the proud parents of two boys. The mom gave birth to the second with a great name Genesis Ali Dean. “The joy of joy is joy!!” she captioned a photo on Instagram Sunday of the baby’s footprints. “We are so grateful! #blessings!!” This beautiful couple has now a bigger purpose in life with deep responsibility as parents. Congratulations!
Leviathan is an anthropological austerity film
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Lauded Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev (The Return) won the Best Screenplay prize at Cannes for this painterly, primordial tale about a proud patriarch fighting to protect his family home from a corrupt local official. Kolia (Alexey Serebryakov) lives in a small fishing town near the stunning Barents Sea in Northern Russia. He owns an auto-repair shop that stands right next to the house where he lives with his young wife Lilya (Elena Lyadova) and his son Roma (Sergueï Pokhodaev) from a previous marriage. The town’s corrupt mayor Vadim Shelevyat (Roman Madyanov) is determined to take away his business, his house, as well as his land.
No interviews or narration are involved on this great sea film. It’s about North American fishing industry especially when you see prolonged scenes of the deep-sea, severed fish, and seagulls. At 141 minutes, and spoken in Russian, this one. attacks on the state of Russian society today, and the endemic and cynical corruption of all levels and the victims are a poor man with his family.
Tim Burton reflects sincerity through Big Eyes
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Big Eyes is based on the true story of Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz) and Margaret (Amy Adams).A film that was directed and produced by Tim Burton and the main subject is intellectual property theft, and the subjugation of women. However, the sincerity of the artist is fascinating and Alexander and Karaszewski’s Big Eyes script has a tendency to be heavy-handed at times (especially in its use of voiceover narration). Despite of the development of the story that begins in the late ‘50s, California; this reflects many social issues such as abusive marriage, repression, lies and ambition for money. Obviously this films makes it more interesting through a series of sequences that shows how Amy Adams’ Margaret life and work, before and after her marriage with Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz). She keeps quiet while her husband takes all her glory, keeping that secret for over a decade; secret about her career, talent and great sensibility for art.
Burton’s films always have fantasy but this one particularly surprises with respect and passion for a woman that reflects great talent in her art work and quality that intrigue viewers. Margaret can’t explain her paintings beyond saying that they express a part of her being in the deepest way. Definitely is a great movie season in which emotions, the absurdity and comedy are elements that makes it entertaining for 106 mins.
GalaTView wishes peace and true love among showbiz
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Christmas is a time when friendship glows in winter snows and human beings try to reflect all the best for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. GalaTView has to bless all year through for all the ups and downs; love and frustration, sweetness and bitterness, all part of our life. But never forget that we have a mission and the best thing you can do is accomplish without harming others. Never give up your dreams and hope will always be part of nature shows. All the best for our readers just not the same desire for some PR and representatives of the entertainment world but no bitterness towards them. Merry Christmas to all!
Julianne Moore impressed with the depth of her memory loss in Still Alice
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A vibrant and accomplished college professor Alice (Julianne Moore) disappears in front of her friends, family and herself as Alzheimer’s disease slowly destroys her mind. From Director Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland and a great cast Kristen Stewart as Lydia Howland Julianne Moore as Dr. Alice Howland, Kate Bosworth as Anna, Hunter Parrish as Tom Howland, Alec Baldwin as Dr. John Howland. During 101 mins, this film will make you feel the worst suffer and drama that Alice (Julianne Moore) reflects the mental decline in middle aged woman. Julianne’s performance is great because once you still feeling the emotional sucker punch an hour or so after leaving the screening. Even there are some crucial moments especially when her family has to deal with their mother as she faded away, both physically and mentally where Alice is a victim of the worst illness that shows the dangerous side of Alzheimer; likewise the news that it’s genetic, and likely to be passed on to their children. Definitely, you will live her worst moments since she starts losing items around the house and forgetting scheduled events until she has trouble articulating herself and it’s heartbreaking to watch. The script and scenes are very well structured and her talent as well. It was always there, she just has had the right roles.
Mr. Turner is refreshingly abrasive film
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Mr. Turner is an eccentric British painter. Profoundly affected by the death of his father, loved by a housekeeper he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, he forms a close relationship with a seaside landlady with whom he eventually lives incognito in Chelsea, where he dies.
Throughout this, he travels, paints, stays with the country aristocracy, visits brothels, is a popular if anarchic member of the Royal Academy of Arts, has himself strapped to the mast of a ship so that he can paint a snowstorm, and is both celebrated and reviled by the public and by royalty.
It’s full of eccentric, unconventional and deeply sharp moments. The main character is a creative life with great mess in his personal life. It’s impossible not to equate the ideas in the film about working and living as an artist as reflections on the filmmaker’s existence and the best part is the beautiful landscapes and wardrobe, during two and a half hours of exquisitely drawn and beautifully photographed vignettes of Turner’s life, the viewer will enjoy all the likeness of each character.
More exciting facts for Game of Thrones 4
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Jon shall become King of Winter and crush the seven kingdoms for Jon Snow in New “Game of Thrones.” Season 4 of the series last saw Snow losing his love, the Wildling Ygritte (Rose Leslie) in a battle at The Wall.
Stephen Collins is remorseful for his acts
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After Stephen Collins was caught on tape. He wouldn’t have to do so in the first place if he wasn’t a sick individual who deserves to rot in jail. However, this man admits he had inappropriate sexual contact with underage girls and apologized for his behavior and now he has been in counseling for 20 years.
