Archive for January 2015
'Fifty Shades of Grey' will ignite the Movie Theaters from USA
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Even some books were written very well in the film version changes. Casting of Fifty Shades of Grey did a good job. Ana is a strong woman and she did what she wanted. It is not abusing a woman. It is a DOM and a SUB and the SUB knew what she was getting into and had the right to walk away any time she wanted. The male strip scenes were all that were even remotely decent. Despite two complex characters stars Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson have real sense of depth that other actors could not have accomplished.
Viva Latino Film Fest International Opens With ‘Strike One’ Starring Danny Trejo
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The 1st Annual Viva Latino Film Festival NYC International (VLFFI) has chosen David Llauger-Meiselman’s award-winning indie Strike One, starring Danny Trejo, for its Opening Night to screen on Thursday, February 19, 2015. VLFFI runs February 19 to 22nd and will be held at the Film Anthology Archives located on 32 2nd Avenue, New York, NY 10003.
Strike One is a story set in Boyle Heights and utilizes this Los Angeles community as an integral character. It also stars break-out artist Johnny Ortiz, Maria Isa Perez, cast along with veterans Billy Gallo, Alma Martinez, French Stewart, James Russo, Lawrence Smilgys, Reginald VelJohnson, and Zahn McClarnon.
“We’re thrilled Strike One is premiering at VIVA’s Inaugural event. It is a great story. We’re truly humbled,” stated Steven De Castro, Viva’s founder and co-executive director.
While Strike One is an anatomy of the dangers of living in low-income and at-risk communities, it is also about the injustice of California’s controversial Three Strike Law – where justice is determined by which side of the street you live on. Actor-Screenwriter Lawrence Smilgys has created a family in one of those “where life chose me” situations. “This law seems to insinuate that some people are born criminals and can never change,” said Smilgys.
“Our film brings a more realistic voice to a group of people that are generally ignored,” stated director Llauger-Meiselman, “and for the most part are truly an important piece of American culture.”
“We are really excited about this movie as it appeals to a wide range of audiences and families due to its rich subject matter, great direction and terrific performances by Danny Trejo and the entire cast,” said the film’s distributor, Steven Istock, president of California Pictures, Inc.
Manny Garcia (Trejo) is determined to steer his nephew Juan (Ortiz) away from falling victim to the trappings of a prejudiced juvenile criminal system. “Manny is an endearing character,” said Smilgys, “no matter how many times you knock him down, he is going to get up and forge ahead despite the shadow of the bureaucrat laws that exists beyond his understanding.”
Film producer Felipe Alejandro, a Boyle Heights native, said the making of Strike One was a labor of love. “The film reverberates with Latino audiences because it is a story that is made for us by us,” said Alejandro. “And, it’s about righting a very wrong law, and bringing justice to all the Latino and Black ‘Juan Garcia’s’ unfairly convicted and sentenced.”
Words cannot express how excited will be some fans for Wet Hot American Summer
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After many rumors, this great movie released the main cast of Wet Hot American Summer in a super trailer including Elizabeth Banks, Michael Ian Black, Bradley Cooper, Judah Friedlander, Janeane Garofalo, Joe Lo Truglio, Ken Marino, Christopher Meloni, Marguerite Moreau, Zak Orth, Amy Poehler, David Hyde Pierce, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon and Michael Showalter. So many fans expressed their emotion for this film and most of them are excited about it. Hopefully this film is expected to be a success at the box office.
Indiana Jones will have its own reboot
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Indiana Jones is great the way it is and producers want to create a new action comedy movie for a new generation. However, Christ Pratt will be the next Indiana Jones franchise from Paramount in 2013, following its purchase of Lucasfilm from George himself, Disney has been looking to make that the new wing of its domination of all things nostalgic. He will be able to provide the off humor the role needs but still be able to come off as brave character enough to make him believable.
Deadline for Mission: Impossible 5
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Even it is known that Tom Cruise will return as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible 5, Paramount Pictures moved up their sequel ‘Mission: Impossible 5’ from Christmas Day to summer 2015 and this is company thinks this movie is better off facing Ant Man than Star Wars.
Special screening of the Academy Award®-nominated and Golden Globe-winning film “SELMA”
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For students, teachers and administrators at Pathways in Technology Early College High School, the sponsorship marks the first time since the inception of the nationwide Selma for Students program that a company has provided the funds for an entire school to see the film. Nearly 500 students in Brooklyn will experience the film due to the contributions of Google and the support of software company Infor and Paramount Pictures.
“Some Brooklyn students are pioneering a movement and the collective experience of seeing the film will be powerful and empowering for all of us.“It is imperative for me to keep alive the stories about how African-Americans have dealt with struggle and resistance to injustice. It is equally important for the students to see that activism is selfless work.
Directed by DuVernay and starring David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr., “SELMA” is nominated for Academy Awards® for Best Picture and Best Original Song for “Glory” by Common & John Legend. The film earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Song for “Glory” and was nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director.
Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films present “SELMA.” Produced by Christian Colson, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Oprah Winfrey, the film is executive produced by Brad Pitt, Cameron McCracken, Diarmuid McKeown, Nik Bower, Ava DuVernay, Paul Garnes and Nan Morales. The film is written by Paul Webb. “SELMA” is directed by Ava DuVernay.
“SELMA” is the story of a movement. The film chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Director Ava DuVernay’s “SELMA” tells the story of how the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change that forever altered history. The film also stars Tom Wilkinson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Alessandro Nivola, Giovanni Ribisi, Common, Carmen Ejogo, Lorraine Toussaint, with Tim Roth and Oprah Winfrey as “Annie Lee Cooper.”
Rush Announce R40 LIVE 40th Anniversary Tour visiting 34 Cities Throughout North America in 2015
By GalaTView Staff
Celebrating 40 years, RUSH: R40 LIVE TOUR will visit 34 cities throughout North America this summer beginning May 8 in Tulsa, Okla. and finishing Aug. 1 in Los Angeles, Calif. These not-to-be-missed concerts will highlight four decades of the band’s music.
Over the course of their amazing career, Rush has lived a lifetime together, providing an influential soundtrack to many of their fans’ lives. Some have been with them since the start, while others have discovered them along the way and delved into their incredible body of work. To quote Dave Grohl from their momentous induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, “Rush built their following the right way. No hype, no bullshit, they did it from the ground up. Their legacy is incredible and their influence undeniable.”
After 40 years together and 20 gold and platinum studio albums, Rush is ready to celebrate with the most loyal fans in the world by embarking on their 21st tour, one that will most likely be their last major tour of this magnitude. Celebrate four decades of music with three incredible musicians—all in one night.
Rush’s vast catalogue includes such classics as 1974’s self-titled debut, 1976’s 2112, 1981’s Moving Pictures, 1996’s Test For Echo and 2002’s Vapor Trails. Rush released their 20th studio album Clockwork Angels in 2012, via Anthem/Roadrunner Records. The critically acclaimed collection marked their first studio recording since 2007’s Snakes & Arrows, and debuted at #1 in Canada and #2 on the Billboard 200, matching the highest chart debut of the band’s career. Known for their energetic live shows, the most recent Rush release was the R40 collector’s boxset, including live footage spanning all four decades of the trio’s career, with over two hours of unreleased material and a rare performance of the seven-part version of “2112,” packaged in an impressive 52-page hardcover book.
Their longevity has served a pop culture renaissance, with the band’s rare television appearance—their first in over 30 years—on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, tributes on South Park and a memorable cameo in the film I Love You, Man.
A live review from their most recent Clockwork Angels tour boasted: “the power-trio interplay could put guys half their age in the burn ward.” The Globe & Mail declared Rush as “one of the few bands anywhere that just keeps getting better.” A career-chronicling Rolling Stone feature summed up the renowned rock trio’s continuing artistic vitality by observing, “It’s true that Rush doesn’t mean today what it did in ’76 or even ’96. It may mean more.”
Rush has been recognized with eight Juno Awards and seven Grammy nominations, including one for the acclaimed documentary Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage that also won the Audience Award at the Tribeca Film Festival. The band members were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1994, made Officers of the Order of Canada in 1996 and inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2010. They have received a star on both Canada’s Walk of Fame (1999) and the Hollywood Walk of Fame (2010). In 2012, Rush were bestowed with the highest artistic honor in Canada when receiving the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award. To the elation of their fans, Rush were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.
Land of “Frozen” Coming to Disney Cruise Line This Summer
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Debuting this summer, on select Disney Magic and Disney Wonder sailings to Europe and Alaska, Disney Cruise Line guests are transported to the land of “Frozen” when the ship is transformed into a winter wonderland and a day of frozen fun culminates with an extravagant celebration with friends from the Kingdom of Arendelle. “Frozen” is part of the show and debuts at sea in the Walt Disney Theatre aboard the Disney Magic. In the Disney Cruise Line original production, “Disney Dreams … An Enchanted Classic,” Anna, Elsa and Olaf join the lineup of beloved Disney characters who together teach a young girl the power of her dreams.
The battle for the Iron Throne will make a stop at Salt Lake Comic Con’s FanXperience
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Salt Lake Comic Con FanXperience (FanX) will be a Lannister affair with “Kingslayer” Nikolaj Coster-Waldau from Game of Thrones making his first United States comic con appearance outside of San Diego at FanX on January 29, 2015 and January 31, 2015 only.
“Game of Thrones is a fan favorite and we’re excited to have Nikolaj join us”
Coster-Waldau is best known for his role as Jaime Lannister on HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones, based on George R.R. Martin’s best selling fantasy novel series, A Song of Ice and Fire. He’s also starred in Mama, New Amsterdam, Oblivion and Black Hawk Down.
“Game of Thrones is a fan favorite and we’re excited to have Nikolaj join us,” said Dan Farr, Salt Lake Comic Con Founder and Show Producer. “Nikolaj does such a good job of being the villain, and his character’s journey throughout the show has made him a fan favorite that people love and hate all at once. I know our fans will be excited to meet him to see if they can get the inside scoop on the upcoming season 5 of Game of Thrones, which will begin in the late Spring of 2015.”
Game of Thrones, currently the top fantasy show on television, is set in the fictional Seven Kingdoms of Westeros and documents the many wars and battles for control of the Iron Throne. The Lannister family is led by the wealthy Lord Tywin Lannister, who uses his vast wealth to control his family, friends and everyone else he can in his quest to gain control of the Iron Throne.
