Criminal Code creator Heitor Dhalia shared a hopeful update about the unannounced Season 2 of the hit Netflix show.
The Portuguese streaming series follows a team of South American lawmen as they pursue the perpetrators of a large-scale robbery.
While based on true events (taking inspiration from the 2017 Ciudad del Este heist), the show is a work of fiction, telling its story over eight hour-long episodes.
Read full article on The Direct.
The Portuguese streaming series follows a team of South American lawmen as they pursue the perpetrators of a large-scale robbery.
While based on true events (taking inspiration from the 2017 Ciudad del Este heist), the show is a work of fiction, telling its story over eight hour-long episodes.
Read full article on The Direct.
- 11/30/2023
- by Klein Felt
- The Direct
Netflix's new Brazilian hit, Criminal Code, featured a remarkable cast of Brazilian stars as they unpack the crime underbelly of Ciudad del Este in Paraguay.
Directed by Pedro Morelli and Heitor Dhalia, Criminal Code is an eight-part series that revolves around the stories of police officers and criminals alike. It is based on a real-life robbery that took place in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay in 2017.
Criminal Code made its premiere on Netflix on November 14.
Read full article on The Direct.
Directed by Pedro Morelli and Heitor Dhalia, Criminal Code is an eight-part series that revolves around the stories of police officers and criminals alike. It is based on a real-life robbery that took place in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay in 2017.
Criminal Code made its premiere on Netflix on November 14.
Read full article on The Direct.
- 11/16/2023
- by Aeron Mer Eclarinal
- The Direct
Criminal Code is a Brazilian series directed by Heitor Dhalia, starring Pedro Caetano, Maeve Jinkings, and Thomás Aquino.
If you’re into thrillers, action, and criminal intrigue, this new series has all the elements to captivate you. Its realistic setting, well-defined characters, and gripping police stories, presented in a style that combines handheld camerawork with expertly crafted editing, make it truly compelling.
The series offers a fast-paced, expertly filmed action-packed storyline revolving around the lives of dedicated police officers.
About the series
“Criminal Code” is primarily a police procedural series that leans more towards pulse-pounding action rather than the tragic realism of “Hill Street Blues.” It explores the psychology of its characters, albeit briefly, without delving into the dramatic side of the story or approaching it as a tragedy. This series is all about action, and it definitely delivers.
The series is primarily targeted towards action movie enthusiasts, particularly those...
If you’re into thrillers, action, and criminal intrigue, this new series has all the elements to captivate you. Its realistic setting, well-defined characters, and gripping police stories, presented in a style that combines handheld camerawork with expertly crafted editing, make it truly compelling.
The series offers a fast-paced, expertly filmed action-packed storyline revolving around the lives of dedicated police officers.
About the series
“Criminal Code” is primarily a police procedural series that leans more towards pulse-pounding action rather than the tragic realism of “Hill Street Blues.” It explores the psychology of its characters, albeit briefly, without delving into the dramatic side of the story or approaching it as a tragedy. This series is all about action, and it definitely delivers.
The series is primarily targeted towards action movie enthusiasts, particularly those...
- 11/14/2023
- by Travis B. Dhalia
- Martin Cid - TV
Globo Filmes, the powerful film production arm of Brazil’s Globo, Latin America’s largest media company, has unveiled 11 new movie projects which join the biggest production slate of any company in Brazil.
Directors of new titles, all co-productions, range from star auteur Gabriel Mascaró, and celebrated doc director Eryk Rocha to multi-prized actor Dira Paes, who broke out in John Boorman’s “The Emerald Forest.”
Also in the cut is David Schurmann (“Little Secret”), who and Jean-Pierre Dutilleux whose 1976 “Raoni,” scored and was Oscar nomination and was championed by Marlon Brando.
Mascaró will direct “The Other Side of the Sky,” produced by Globo Filmes and Desvía Produções, a fantasy drama set in an alternative reality Brazil where anyone over 80 is confined to a colony, to help Brazil’s economic recovery. Rocha is prepping “Elza,” a doc portrait of legendary singer Elza Soares, Paes has in development her directorial debut,...
Directors of new titles, all co-productions, range from star auteur Gabriel Mascaró, and celebrated doc director Eryk Rocha to multi-prized actor Dira Paes, who broke out in John Boorman’s “The Emerald Forest.”
Also in the cut is David Schurmann (“Little Secret”), who and Jean-Pierre Dutilleux whose 1976 “Raoni,” scored and was Oscar nomination and was championed by Marlon Brando.
Mascaró will direct “The Other Side of the Sky,” produced by Globo Filmes and Desvía Produções, a fantasy drama set in an alternative reality Brazil where anyone over 80 is confined to a colony, to help Brazil’s economic recovery. Rocha is prepping “Elza,” a doc portrait of legendary singer Elza Soares, Paes has in development her directorial debut,...
- 5/18/2023
- by John Hopewell and Callum McLennan
- Variety Film + TV
Titles include magical-realist ensemble tragedy ’8 Views Of Lake Biwa’.
New projects from leading Estonian production firms Tallifornia and Allfilm are among the 20 titles selected for Tallinn Black Nights’ Works in Progress strand.
The 20 projects are split across three strands: eight in the Baltic Event section for titles from the region; six in the International section; and six in the Just Film strand, for emerging filmmakers.
Scroll down for the full list
Tallifornia has two productions in the Baltic Event section: Free Money, written, directed and produced by Rain Rannu; and Miguel Llanso’s Infinite Summer. Both titles are produced by Tonu Hiielaid for Tallifornia,...
New projects from leading Estonian production firms Tallifornia and Allfilm are among the 20 titles selected for Tallinn Black Nights’ Works in Progress strand.
The 20 projects are split across three strands: eight in the Baltic Event section for titles from the region; six in the International section; and six in the Just Film strand, for emerging filmmakers.
Scroll down for the full list
Tallifornia has two productions in the Baltic Event section: Free Money, written, directed and produced by Rain Rannu; and Miguel Llanso’s Infinite Summer. Both titles are produced by Tonu Hiielaid for Tallifornia,...
- 11/1/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Heitor Dhalia, one of Brazil’s foremost and most ambitious movie auteurs, director of “Drained,” “Adrift” and “Bald Mountain,” is teaming with Netflix to make “DNA do Crime,” a banner title for the U.S. streaming giant in Brazil, one of its largest international markets.
Described by Dhalia as “one of the biggest series ever produced in Brazil,” the eight-part scripted skein, which goes into production on Oct. 31, turns on a heist of epic proportions, which takes place on the Brazil-Paraguay border.
When federal police officers are called in to investigate, they discover “the beginning of a thread that unravels, like no other, the construction of crime in the country,” the synopsis runs.
“The series will try to open a new paradigm for the genre,” Dhalia told Variety. “It also talks about the tragic flaws in all of us, our deep nature,” he added.
Inspired by true events, “DNA do Crime” is created by Dhalia.
Described by Dhalia as “one of the biggest series ever produced in Brazil,” the eight-part scripted skein, which goes into production on Oct. 31, turns on a heist of epic proportions, which takes place on the Brazil-Paraguay border.
When federal police officers are called in to investigate, they discover “the beginning of a thread that unravels, like no other, the construction of crime in the country,” the synopsis runs.
“The series will try to open a new paradigm for the genre,” Dhalia told Variety. “It also talks about the tragic flaws in all of us, our deep nature,” he added.
Inspired by true events, “DNA do Crime” is created by Dhalia.
- 9/5/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Set against the background of Nigeria’s vibrant Igbo community in downtown São Paulo, Matías Mariani’s “Shine Your Eyes” has been acquired by Netflix, which will launch the film on July 29.
The global licensing deal was closed with Netflix Africa, which is likely keen to leverage the star power of lead I.C. Ukeje, whose career has bridged international titles and multi-prized Nigerian movies.
In Brazil, “Shine Your Eyes” is scheduled for theatrical release in November, Covid-19 allowing, from leading independent film distributor Vitrine Filmes, before it is made available on Netflix.
Mariani’s fiction feature debut, “Shine Your Eyes,” world premiered to wide acclaim at February’s Berlinale, in its main Panorama sidebar.
The Netflix deal is a big coup for Paris-based sales agent Mpm Premium and Mariani himself, a producer on Heitor Dhalia’s seminal 2007 Sundance-selected “Drained” and “Adrift,” which played Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2009, and...
The global licensing deal was closed with Netflix Africa, which is likely keen to leverage the star power of lead I.C. Ukeje, whose career has bridged international titles and multi-prized Nigerian movies.
In Brazil, “Shine Your Eyes” is scheduled for theatrical release in November, Covid-19 allowing, from leading independent film distributor Vitrine Filmes, before it is made available on Netflix.
Mariani’s fiction feature debut, “Shine Your Eyes,” world premiered to wide acclaim at February’s Berlinale, in its main Panorama sidebar.
The Netflix deal is a big coup for Paris-based sales agent Mpm Premium and Mariani himself, a producer on Heitor Dhalia’s seminal 2007 Sundance-selected “Drained” and “Adrift,” which played Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2009, and...
- 7/14/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Rio De Janeiro — The 21st Rio Intl. Film Fest opens Monday Dec. 9t with the screening of Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women” in the Odeon landmark theater. The smaller than usual edition, which was almost cancelled due to the lack of municipal backing, reflects the crisis of Brazil’s film sector, involved in a battle with the administration of President Jair Bolsonaro.
The once largest film fest in Latin America will feature this year about 100 international features, down from some 350 in the last fully sponsored edition in 2016. The recession that hit Brazil in 2015 and mainly politics explain the downsizing. Rio’s mayor Marcelo Crivella, a “bishop” of the fundamentalist Universal Church of God’s Kingdom elected in 2016, withdrew City Hall’s long-standing sponsorship for the fest in the 2017 edition.
Federal government shifted from left to cut-spending right, and government bank Bndes cut the fest sponsorship as of the 2018 edition, while...
The once largest film fest in Latin America will feature this year about 100 international features, down from some 350 in the last fully sponsored edition in 2016. The recession that hit Brazil in 2015 and mainly politics explain the downsizing. Rio’s mayor Marcelo Crivella, a “bishop” of the fundamentalist Universal Church of God’s Kingdom elected in 2016, withdrew City Hall’s long-standing sponsorship for the fest in the 2017 edition.
Federal government shifted from left to cut-spending right, and government bank Bndes cut the fest sponsorship as of the 2018 edition, while...
- 12/7/2019
- by Marcelo Cajueiro
- Variety Film + TV
Rio De Janeiro — Rio Creative Conference (Rio2C), the largest film-tv gathering in Latin America, wrapped its market sessions Friday April 26 with Christian de Castro, president off Ancine, Brazil’s foremost public-sector source, vowing to fully re-establish its incentives.
Castro spoke to an audience of producers and other players Brazil’s heavily incentive-dependent industry still in shock after the April 18 leak of his internal memo to Ancine’s employees recommending a halt in new incentive adjudications. The recommendation was aimed at protecting the employees from action taken by Brazil’s federal accountability office Tcu, which is investigating Ancine for inadequate accounting procedures.
“We have taken the necessary legal measures, and I am confident the full operation will be re-established next week,” Castro told Variety. “In the meantime, Ancine continues to release funds to ongoing productions and analyzing new projects. The only processes put on hold are the first release of funding to recently approved projects.
Castro spoke to an audience of producers and other players Brazil’s heavily incentive-dependent industry still in shock after the April 18 leak of his internal memo to Ancine’s employees recommending a halt in new incentive adjudications. The recommendation was aimed at protecting the employees from action taken by Brazil’s federal accountability office Tcu, which is investigating Ancine for inadequate accounting procedures.
“We have taken the necessary legal measures, and I am confident the full operation will be re-established next week,” Castro told Variety. “In the meantime, Ancine continues to release funds to ongoing productions and analyzing new projects. The only processes put on hold are the first release of funding to recently approved projects.
- 4/27/2019
- by Marcelo Cajueiro
- Variety Film + TV
Berlin — Brazilian TV giant Globo and international digital film distributor Under the Milky Way have announced a distribution deal for seven new feature films from Globo Filmes, allowing the titles access via Umw to major platforms in 70 territories.
The deal covers more than ten major on demand” platforms – including iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and Xbox – in seventy English and Spanish-speaking countries for which Under the Milky Way acts as a one-stop shop solution for catalog and programming.
Announced Tuesday at Berlinale’s Drama Series Days, the deal takes “Tungsten” the award-winning drama by Heitor Dhalia, based on the award-winning graphic novel of the same title, by Marcello Quintanilha, a slice of life drama set in Salvador where characters’ lives intersect fatefully.
Also making the cut: Andrucha Waddington’s ER social -issue thriller “Under Pressure,” which inspired the smash hit TV series, plus “Alone Man,” “The Eternal Son,” “Tim Maia,” “The Moving Forest” and “Good Luck.
The deal covers more than ten major on demand” platforms – including iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and Xbox – in seventy English and Spanish-speaking countries for which Under the Milky Way acts as a one-stop shop solution for catalog and programming.
Announced Tuesday at Berlinale’s Drama Series Days, the deal takes “Tungsten” the award-winning drama by Heitor Dhalia, based on the award-winning graphic novel of the same title, by Marcello Quintanilha, a slice of life drama set in Salvador where characters’ lives intersect fatefully.
Also making the cut: Andrucha Waddington’s ER social -issue thriller “Under Pressure,” which inspired the smash hit TV series, plus “Alone Man,” “The Eternal Son,” “Tim Maia,” “The Moving Forest” and “Good Luck.
- 2/12/2019
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
London-based festival to open with Oh Lucy! with Josh Hartnett.
The 25th Raindance Film Festival (Sept 21 -Oct 2) has revealed the majority of its line-up and jury members.
The international premiere of Atsuko Hirayanagi’s Oh Lucy! (USA), starring Josh Hartnett, is the opening night film of the London-based event. The closing night film will be announced later this month.
The competition jury includes ex-bifa director Johanna Von Fischer, Spanish producer Rosa Bosch and actors Jamie Campbell Bower (Twilight), Jack O’Connell (Unbroken), Sean Bean (Game Of Thrones), Christopher Eccleston (Dr Who), Ewen Bremner (Trainspotting), Celia Imrie (Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Training Day), Nicholas Lyndhurst (Only Fools and Horses), Hakeem Kae-Kazim (Hotel Rwanda), Josh Whitehouse (Northern Soul), Neil Marshall (Game Of Thrones) and Rachel Portman (Chocolat).
They will preside over awards for a competition line-up that features the European premiere of Koichiro Miki’s Noise and the world premiere of Evald Johnson’s High & Outside: A Baseball...
The 25th Raindance Film Festival (Sept 21 -Oct 2) has revealed the majority of its line-up and jury members.
The international premiere of Atsuko Hirayanagi’s Oh Lucy! (USA), starring Josh Hartnett, is the opening night film of the London-based event. The closing night film will be announced later this month.
The competition jury includes ex-bifa director Johanna Von Fischer, Spanish producer Rosa Bosch and actors Jamie Campbell Bower (Twilight), Jack O’Connell (Unbroken), Sean Bean (Game Of Thrones), Christopher Eccleston (Dr Who), Ewen Bremner (Trainspotting), Celia Imrie (Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Training Day), Nicholas Lyndhurst (Only Fools and Horses), Hakeem Kae-Kazim (Hotel Rwanda), Josh Whitehouse (Northern Soul), Neil Marshall (Game Of Thrones) and Rachel Portman (Chocolat).
They will preside over awards for a competition line-up that features the European premiere of Koichiro Miki’s Noise and the world premiere of Evald Johnson’s High & Outside: A Baseball...
- 8/15/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
Brazilian producers’ growing interest in co-production was under the spotlight at this year’s RioMarket, held alongside the Rio International Film Festival.
Although a co-production treaty between Brazil and the Us is unlikely - the Americans don’t have a central regulatory agency for the audiovisual industry like in other countries - there are possibilities for collaboration between the two countries.
In one seminar at the RioMarket, New York-based media lawyer W. Wilder Knight II suggested that documentaries could be a field where producers could come together “if there is a subject of common interest”.
It was suggested that finance could be raised through crowd sourcing, although he admitted the culture of giving seems to have more of a tradition in the Us - where 80-90% of Americans give to charity at least once each year - compared to Brazil where culture has always been heavily subsidised. Direct investment in Brazil doesn’t have a long tradition...
Although a co-production treaty between Brazil and the Us is unlikely - the Americans don’t have a central regulatory agency for the audiovisual industry like in other countries - there are possibilities for collaboration between the two countries.
In one seminar at the RioMarket, New York-based media lawyer W. Wilder Knight II suggested that documentaries could be a field where producers could come together “if there is a subject of common interest”.
It was suggested that finance could be raised through crowd sourcing, although he admitted the culture of giving seems to have more of a tradition in the Us - where 80-90% of Americans give to charity at least once each year - compared to Brazil where culture has always been heavily subsidised. Direct investment in Brazil doesn’t have a long tradition...
- 10/7/2013
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Titles include Alfonso Cuaron’s acclaimed Gravity and Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine.
Thierry Ragobert’s Amazonia 3D and Heitor Dhalia’s Serra Pelada bookend the Rio Film Festival, set to run from Sept 26-Oct 10.
A rich line-up of films includes Alfonso Cuaron’s acclaimed Gravity, Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grande Bellezza and Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine.
Paul Schrader will receive a lifetime achievement award. Tribute screenings will include Schrader’s latest, The Canyons, as well as Cat People, American Gigolo and Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters.
French director Claire Simon, due to present her recent feature Gare Du Nord, will also be the subject of a festival retrospective.
Festival top brass said that apart from the dozen traditional Rio Festival sections there will be three new arrivals: Tec Section exploring the impact of technology and the internet on privacy; Vanguard Expectation Section challenging conventional narrative; and Big Documentarians Panorama Section spotlighting recent work from...
Thierry Ragobert’s Amazonia 3D and Heitor Dhalia’s Serra Pelada bookend the Rio Film Festival, set to run from Sept 26-Oct 10.
A rich line-up of films includes Alfonso Cuaron’s acclaimed Gravity, Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grande Bellezza and Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine.
Paul Schrader will receive a lifetime achievement award. Tribute screenings will include Schrader’s latest, The Canyons, as well as Cat People, American Gigolo and Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters.
French director Claire Simon, due to present her recent feature Gare Du Nord, will also be the subject of a festival retrospective.
Festival top brass said that apart from the dozen traditional Rio Festival sections there will be three new arrivals: Tec Section exploring the impact of technology and the internet on privacy; Vanguard Expectation Section challenging conventional narrative; and Big Documentarians Panorama Section spotlighting recent work from...
- 9/12/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Well, it seems a project that’s been kicking around for the past few years at Summit Entertainment is finally beginning to move forward. The film, “If I Stay,” which is based on the young adult novel of the same name, was at one point set to star Dakota Fanning with Brazilian filmmaker Heitor Dhalia attached to direct. Now, documentary filmmaker R.J. Cutler will get to try his hand at the project, making it his first narrative feature. Chloe Moretz is attached to star. The novel follows Mia, a musically gifted 17-year-old girl who winds up in a coma after a horrific car accident. While in the coma, she has an out-of-body experience where memories begin to flash before her eyes and we explore the teenager’s life through her passion for music and her relationships with family, friends, and her boyfriend. With the "Twilight" series having officially ended, Summit...
- 1/24/2013
- by Ken Guidry
- The Playlist
The book-to-film adaptation rights of Gayle Forman's If I Stay have belonged to Summit Entertainment (now Lionsgate) for years upon years, but the project has seen various actors and filmmakers come and go as it sometimes happens in Tinseltown. As Forman herself once observed, "the road from having a movie optioned to having it made is a potentially long and winding one." In the case of her story, it certainly has been. She's even since released the sequel, Where She Went. According to Variety, If I Stay is still being pieced together now and has a new leading lady on board - Chloe Moretz - as well as a new director - R.J. Cutler. Previously, Dakota Fanning was attached to star as Mia, a musician who endures a horrific family tragedy and must decide whether to fight for her own life, and Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke was in to helm it.
- 1/24/2013
- by thetwilightexaminer
- Twilight Examiner
A big screen adaptation of Gayle Forman’s young adult novel If I Stay has been discussed for a few years, but production hasn’t gone anywhere. That may be changing in the near future though, as Chloe Moretz is attached to star and Rj Cutler is in talks to direct the film.
If I Stay tells the story of 17-year-old Mia, who is suddenly separated from her body while on a drive with her family and forced to watch an accident that kills her parents and severely injures her and her brother. The switch isn’t as supernatural as it is a switch in perspective from which Mia reminisces about various events and people in her life, all while her body is in a coma.
The story alternates between the past and the present and details lots of her relationships, including the one with her boyfriend, Adam. Their relationship...
If I Stay tells the story of 17-year-old Mia, who is suddenly separated from her body while on a drive with her family and forced to watch an accident that kills her parents and severely injures her and her brother. The switch isn’t as supernatural as it is a switch in perspective from which Mia reminisces about various events and people in her life, all while her body is in a coma.
The story alternates between the past and the present and details lots of her relationships, including the one with her boyfriend, Adam. Their relationship...
- 1/24/2013
- by Alex Lowe
- We Got This Covered
Update: 5:23 p.m. on May 29, 2012: Prizing quantities changed per studio update
Chicago – In our latest psychological thriller edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 3 Blu-rays or DVDs up for grabs for the home entertainment release of “Gone”! One grand-prize winner will also score an Amanda Seyfried-signed “Gone” mini poster!
“Gone,” which will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on May 29, 2012, also stars Jennifer Carpenter, Wes Bentley, Daniel Sunjata, Sebastian Stan, Nick Searcy, Socratis Otto, Emily Wickersham, Joel David Moore, Katherine Moennig, Michael Paré, Sam Upton, Ted Rooney, Erin Carufel and Amy Lawhorn from director Heitor Dhalia and writer Allison Burnett.
To win your free “Gone” Blu-ray or DVD plus for your chance at a signed poster courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question in this Web-based submission form. That’s it! Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and win can be found below.
“Gone...
Chicago – In our latest psychological thriller edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 3 Blu-rays or DVDs up for grabs for the home entertainment release of “Gone”! One grand-prize winner will also score an Amanda Seyfried-signed “Gone” mini poster!
“Gone,” which will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on May 29, 2012, also stars Jennifer Carpenter, Wes Bentley, Daniel Sunjata, Sebastian Stan, Nick Searcy, Socratis Otto, Emily Wickersham, Joel David Moore, Katherine Moennig, Michael Paré, Sam Upton, Ted Rooney, Erin Carufel and Amy Lawhorn from director Heitor Dhalia and writer Allison Burnett.
To win your free “Gone” Blu-ray or DVD plus for your chance at a signed poster courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question in this Web-based submission form. That’s it! Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and win can be found below.
“Gone...
- 5/28/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Outside of the highly anticipated Rust & Bone from helmer Jacques Audiard, Celluloid Dreams is much more immersed in the market aspect of Cannes this year. Headed by Hengameh Panahi, Celluloid Dreams brings to some noteworthy Cannes this year, but outside of that doesn’t have anything to front. The Rambler, The Side Effect are noteworthy projects worth keeping tabs on, while Dormant Beauty starring the just Isabelle Huppert who is on some Cannes auteur bucket list drive and Dan Algrant’s debut Greetings from Tim Buckley (see pic above) should be top tier items drawing plenty of buyer interest.
City State (Borgriki) by Olaf De Fleur Johannesson
Dead Mine by Steven Sheil
Rust & Bone (De Rouille Et D’Os) by Jacques Audiard
A Place On Earth by Fabienne Godet
Bald Mountain by Heitor Dhalia
City State 2: Brave Men’S Blood by Olaf De Fleur Johannesson
Detachment by Tony Kaye...
City State (Borgriki) by Olaf De Fleur Johannesson
Dead Mine by Steven Sheil
Rust & Bone (De Rouille Et D’Os) by Jacques Audiard
A Place On Earth by Fabienne Godet
Bald Mountain by Heitor Dhalia
City State 2: Brave Men’S Blood by Olaf De Fleur Johannesson
Detachment by Tony Kaye...
- 5/17/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Marley (15)
(Kevin Macdonald, 2012, Us/UK) 145 mins
Authoritative to the point of exhausting, Macdonald's documentary compiles an awesome amount of footage, photos, interviews, etc – but then it's a big subject. Whether you really get to the man beyond the legend is debatable (this was made with Marley family backing), but there's much here you've never seen, from Bob's Rasta roots to his kick-around in London's Battersea Park.
Salmon Fishing In The Yemen (12A)
(Lasse Hallström, 2012, UK) Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt. 106 mins
An incongruous setting for a mushy fish-out-of-water romcom, with Blunt and her sheikh boss lured by McGregor's tackle.
Elles (18)
(Malgorzata Szumowska, 2011, Fra/Pol/Ger) Juliette Binoche, Anaïs Demoustier. 99 mins
Empowerment and eroticism mix uneasily when Binoche's enquiries into student prostitution affect her own life.
Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy (18)
(Rob Heydon, 2011, Can) Adam Sinclair, Kristin Kreuk, Billy Boyd. 99 mins
Rave-era yarn that's 15 years too late to be the Trainspotting of Mdma it wants to be.
(Kevin Macdonald, 2012, Us/UK) 145 mins
Authoritative to the point of exhausting, Macdonald's documentary compiles an awesome amount of footage, photos, interviews, etc – but then it's a big subject. Whether you really get to the man beyond the legend is debatable (this was made with Marley family backing), but there's much here you've never seen, from Bob's Rasta roots to his kick-around in London's Battersea Park.
Salmon Fishing In The Yemen (12A)
(Lasse Hallström, 2012, UK) Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt. 106 mins
An incongruous setting for a mushy fish-out-of-water romcom, with Blunt and her sheikh boss lured by McGregor's tackle.
Elles (18)
(Malgorzata Szumowska, 2011, Fra/Pol/Ger) Juliette Binoche, Anaïs Demoustier. 99 mins
Empowerment and eroticism mix uneasily when Binoche's enquiries into student prostitution affect her own life.
Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy (18)
(Rob Heydon, 2011, Can) Adam Sinclair, Kristin Kreuk, Billy Boyd. 99 mins
Rave-era yarn that's 15 years too late to be the Trainspotting of Mdma it wants to be.
- 4/20/2012
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: May 29, 2012
Price: DVD $26.99, Blu-ray $30.49
Studio: Summit Entertainment
The thriller Gone got poor reviews from critics, but the 2012 movie has some star power in Amanda Seyfried (In Time), Jennifer Carpenter (TV’s Dexter) and Wes Bentley (American Beauty).
The film follows Seyfried’s Jill, who was kidnapped two years earlier by a serial killer. Now her sister has gone missing and Jill believes the serial killer has returned. Unfortunately, no one else believes her, so she’s on the hunt for him by herself.
Heitor Dhalia (Adrift) directed the PG-13 film, which grossed a low $11.7 million. However, considering the movie’s budget was only $5 million, it was a financial success.
Critics warned against the movie. Rolling Stone‘s Peter Travers said, “It lies there flapping like a dying fish. Skip it,” and Eric D. Snider of Film.com said, “No money should ever change hands in any Gone-related interaction,...
Price: DVD $26.99, Blu-ray $30.49
Studio: Summit Entertainment
The thriller Gone got poor reviews from critics, but the 2012 movie has some star power in Amanda Seyfried (In Time), Jennifer Carpenter (TV’s Dexter) and Wes Bentley (American Beauty).
The film follows Seyfried’s Jill, who was kidnapped two years earlier by a serial killer. Now her sister has gone missing and Jill believes the serial killer has returned. Unfortunately, no one else believes her, so she’s on the hunt for him by herself.
Heitor Dhalia (Adrift) directed the PG-13 film, which grossed a low $11.7 million. However, considering the movie’s budget was only $5 million, it was a financial success.
Critics warned against the movie. Rolling Stone‘s Peter Travers said, “It lies there flapping like a dying fish. Skip it,” and Eric D. Snider of Film.com said, “No money should ever change hands in any Gone-related interaction,...
- 4/20/2012
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
Amanda Seyfried as a possibly delusional waitress caught up in a possible kidnap makes for surprisingly watchable multiplex filler
This surprisingly watchable multiplex filler casts Amanda Seyfried as a sort of hyper-neurotic Nancy Drew: a waitress rattling round on antidepressants after the trauma of an unsolved (and unproven) kidnap attempt, who returns home one day to find her sister has vanished in similar circumstances. Forced into playing detective, her capacity for spinning tall tales to elicit info sets us to wonder if there isn't something in the fact that the authorities have her down as a lunatic with a handgun. Allison Burnett's screenplay parcels out brisk character notes with its twists, while Brazilian director Heitor Dhalia – taking the Hollywood coin after his arthouse break-through Adrift – seeks out Portland locations that prove almost as colourfully fertile as our heroine's imagination. It's daffy, but it works.
Rating: 3/5
Thriller
guardian.co.
This surprisingly watchable multiplex filler casts Amanda Seyfried as a sort of hyper-neurotic Nancy Drew: a waitress rattling round on antidepressants after the trauma of an unsolved (and unproven) kidnap attempt, who returns home one day to find her sister has vanished in similar circumstances. Forced into playing detective, her capacity for spinning tall tales to elicit info sets us to wonder if there isn't something in the fact that the authorities have her down as a lunatic with a handgun. Allison Burnett's screenplay parcels out brisk character notes with its twists, while Brazilian director Heitor Dhalia – taking the Hollywood coin after his arthouse break-through Adrift – seeks out Portland locations that prove almost as colourfully fertile as our heroine's imagination. It's daffy, but it works.
Rating: 3/5
Thriller
guardian.co.
- 4/19/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars
Amanda Seyfried is one of those frustrating actresses whose talent is undeniable, albeit stymied by her insistent casting in rote fare unbecoming of her abilities, which for the last 2 years alone has included ‘Dear John’, ‘Letters to Juliet’ (nice try though), ‘Red Riding Hood’, ‘In Time’, and now, in what is arguably her worst, ‘Gone’.
There’s some definite potential here, as the film deals with the fallout of a young woman, Jill Conway (Seyfried), returning to society following her apparent rescue from the clutches of a serial killer, whose grim lair in the woods is home to countless human remains. Of course, when Jill’s recovering alcoholic sister, Molly (Emily Wickersham), goes missing, she thinks the killer has returned to finish what he started, while the incredulous authorities are skeptical, given Jill’s previous incarceration in a psychiatric facility after her parents’ untimely death.
Unfortunately,...
Amanda Seyfried is one of those frustrating actresses whose talent is undeniable, albeit stymied by her insistent casting in rote fare unbecoming of her abilities, which for the last 2 years alone has included ‘Dear John’, ‘Letters to Juliet’ (nice try though), ‘Red Riding Hood’, ‘In Time’, and now, in what is arguably her worst, ‘Gone’.
There’s some definite potential here, as the film deals with the fallout of a young woman, Jill Conway (Seyfried), returning to society following her apparent rescue from the clutches of a serial killer, whose grim lair in the woods is home to countless human remains. Of course, when Jill’s recovering alcoholic sister, Molly (Emily Wickersham), goes missing, she thinks the killer has returned to finish what he started, while the incredulous authorities are skeptical, given Jill’s previous incarceration in a psychiatric facility after her parents’ untimely death.
Unfortunately,...
- 4/19/2012
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
★★☆☆☆ It's fair to say that the majority of the press pack attending the recent screening of Heitor Dhalia's Gone (2012) would have come along with preconceived ideas of what the film was going to be like. Whilst it did manage to regurgitate the innumerable clichés and terribly cheesy one-liners that arguably belong back in some 1980s second-rate action movie, there is one thing that saves this Amanda Seyfried vehicle from being a total disaster: a relatively good twist.
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- 4/18/2012
- by CineVue
- CineVue
From most accounts Gone was underwhelming at best, but of course no film is ever fully accounted for around these parts until Trembles has weighed in with one of his Mpp reviews. Read on for his take on the film.
Gone was directed by Heitor Dhalia from a script by Allison Burnett. Amanda Seyfried's co-stars include Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Carpenter, and Erin Carufel.
Synopsis:
Gone centers on Jill Parrish, a young woman (Seyfried) who returns home from her night shift to find her sister Molly's bed empty. Jill is convinced that the serial killer who kidnapped her two years before has come back to finish the job, but when the police do not believe her and with no one to turn to, the woman sets off to find her sister and face her abductor once and for all.
Mild goose(bump) chase!
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Gone was directed by Heitor Dhalia from a script by Allison Burnett. Amanda Seyfried's co-stars include Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Carpenter, and Erin Carufel.
Synopsis:
Gone centers on Jill Parrish, a young woman (Seyfried) who returns home from her night shift to find her sister Molly's bed empty. Jill is convinced that the serial killer who kidnapped her two years before has come back to finish the job, but when the police do not believe her and with no one to turn to, the woman sets off to find her sister and face her abductor once and for all.
Mild goose(bump) chase!
Discuss Motion Picture Purgatory in the comments section below!
- 3/9/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Gone released in U.S. Theaters on February 24, 2012 and stars Amanda Seyfried (Red Riding Hood, Jennifer’s Body). Directed by Heitor Dhalia (Adrift) with a screenplay written by Allison Burnett (Underworld: Awakening), Gone grossed $4.77M in opening-weekend U.S. box office receipts, the lowest opening this year for a nationwide release. The Horror Czar, Don Sumner of Best-Horror-Movies.com spoke with Gone (read our Gone review here) performer Sam Upton on the film’s release date about the film, working with Seyfried, Dhalia and Burnett, and why he loves a “controlled train wreck”.
- 3/3/2012
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
Box Office February 24-26, 2012. Act of Valor premiered in the Number One spot at the box office this weekend with $24.7 Million. Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds premiered in Second Place with $16 Million. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island was Third with $13.4 Million. Safe House was Fourth with $11.4 Million. The Vow was Fifth with $10 Million for $103 Million so far. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, This Means War, Wanderlust (which premiered this weekend), Gone (which premiered this weekend), and The Secret World of Arrietty rounded out the top ten respectively.
Act of Valor is a 2012 American war film directed by Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh, and written by Kurt Johnstad. It stars Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sánchez, Nestor Serrano, Emilio Rivera, and actual active duty U.S. Navy SEALs and U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant Crewmen.
Good Deeds is a romantic drama film written, directed by and starring Tyler Perry.
Wanderlust is a...
Act of Valor is a 2012 American war film directed by Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh, and written by Kurt Johnstad. It stars Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sánchez, Nestor Serrano, Emilio Rivera, and actual active duty U.S. Navy SEALs and U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant Crewmen.
Good Deeds is a romantic drama film written, directed by and starring Tyler Perry.
Wanderlust is a...
- 2/27/2012
- by R.W.
- Film-Book
Gone does a few things well. For one, the movie is gorgeous to look at. The cinematography on display here by Michael Grady is top notch. Moss-grown forests have the deep, shadowy green hue that makes you feel as though you have entered somewhere primordial and ancient. Urban environments are frosted with day-old rain. There is real craftsmanship in the creation of these images.
Still, when a review begins with technical accolades you pretty much know what that says for the rest of the film, and Gone is no exception to this rule of inference. It’s not so much that the movie is bad. Heitor Dhalia‘s direction, while nothing groundbreaking, is competent and clear. The actors all commit to their roles, such as they are, and the story never plays dirty just to get an intriguing twist in. The problem is that the story, by Allison Burnett, is...
Still, when a review begins with technical accolades you pretty much know what that says for the rest of the film, and Gone is no exception to this rule of inference. It’s not so much that the movie is bad. Heitor Dhalia‘s direction, while nothing groundbreaking, is competent and clear. The actors all commit to their roles, such as they are, and the story never plays dirty just to get an intriguing twist in. The problem is that the story, by Allison Burnett, is...
- 2/27/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Title: Gone Director: Heitor Dhalia (‘Adrift,’ ‘Drained’) Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Daniel Sunjata (‘The Dark Knight Rises,’ TV’s ‘Grey’s Anatomy’) and Wes Bentley Being kidnapped and left for dead, and not having anyone believe the terrifying story after escaping, is one of the most devastating experiences a person can go through in life. But having the kidnapper come back to finish the job years later, only to take a sibling instead, and still not have anyone believe the tale, is even more traumatizing. The new film ‘Gone’ puts a new spin on the psychological thriller genre, showcasing the lengths a person would go to in order to save their sibling in...
- 2/26/2012
- by karen
- ShockYa
Amanda Seyfried, Gone Chris Pine / Reese Witherspoon / Tom Hardy's This Means War, Nicolas Cage's Ghost Rider Weak Box-Office Performers Starring Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston, David Wain's Wanderlust opened at no. 8 with an embarrassing $2.2 million at 2,002 sites, according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. Wanderlust's debut was so poor that it trailed even last weekend's weak performers such as the Reese Witherspoon / Chris Pine / Tom Hardy comedy This Means War and the Nicolas Cage 3D actioner Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. Wanderlust will be lucky if it reaches $6 million by Sunday evening. For comparison's sake: The Switch, Jennifer Aniston's 2010 comedy co-starring Jason Bateman, was considered a major box-office disappointment when it opened at 2,012 theaters with $8.43 million. The Switch went on to collect a measly $27.77m domestically and $22m overseas. Wanderlust will likely fare considerably worse. The film's total domestic gross, in fact, will...
- 2/25/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
It’s weirdly fitting that "Gone" is just as tonally confused as its lead protagonist -- the creators of the new Amanda Seyfried vehicle have made a slasher film for the Lifetime movie set. Director Heitor Dhalia tellingly concludes the film’s opening scene, with Seyfried, playing a jittery young woman who’s convinced she was abducted, in a steamy shower sequence. There’s no nudity in this shower scene but if Dhalia did show Seyfried lathering up in the buff, it wouldn’t have significantly changed the already gratuitous nature of this introductory sequence of Seyfried quietly touching herself behind a thin shower curtain.
That relatively chaste but still innately sleazy moment reveals just how flimsy "Gone"’s sheen of respectability is (Dhalia and screenwriter Allison Burnett make a big of show of respecting the psychological fragility of Seyfried’s heroine). As a result, it is a disingenuous and...
That relatively chaste but still innately sleazy moment reveals just how flimsy "Gone"’s sheen of respectability is (Dhalia and screenwriter Allison Burnett make a big of show of respecting the psychological fragility of Seyfried’s heroine). As a result, it is a disingenuous and...
- 2/25/2012
- by Simon Abrams
- The Playlist
Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Wanderlust It's Oscar weekend. So, what are the top movies at the North American box office? The Artist? The Descendants? Hugo? Try Act of Valor, featuring (as per the film's publicity) actual Navy SEALs in a story of red-white-and-blue honor and valor and all that good stuff that unpatriotic film critics have given a putrid 19% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes (top critics). Directed by Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh, Act of Valor is expected to gross $27 million over the weekend — following $9.4 million at 3,039 locations on Friday — according to early, rough estimates found at Deadline.com. As per Deadline, Relativity acquired the film for $13 million, in addition to committing itself to spending $30 million in marketing and distribution. So, for a $43 million investment, $27 million in three days isn't bad at all. (At Box Office Mojo, Ray Subers had been expecting a $20.5 million opening.) But it isn't great, either,...
- 2/25/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Chicago – The premise of “Gone” is a beguiling notion. What if the victim of a traumatic crime can’t get authorities to believe her? The evidence doesn’t add up, there are no physical signs of struggle and no crime scene is found. Amanda Seyfried plays such a victim, and her very sanity is questioned.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
The film is fast-paced, with a probable improbability that works because the screenplay and direction is tight as a drum. Whether or not Seyfried’s character is to be believed, there is a rooting interest in her, simply because she has an obsession for justice that is more fiery than the all other “protection” institutions. There is also a larger symbolic nature to the crime and punishment, as the males in the film are hapless or skeptical, while the main character get better results fending for herself.
Seyfried portrays Jill, a tense resident of Portland,...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
The film is fast-paced, with a probable improbability that works because the screenplay and direction is tight as a drum. Whether or not Seyfried’s character is to be believed, there is a rooting interest in her, simply because she has an obsession for justice that is more fiery than the all other “protection” institutions. There is also a larger symbolic nature to the crime and punishment, as the males in the film are hapless or skeptical, while the main character get better results fending for herself.
Seyfried portrays Jill, a tense resident of Portland,...
- 2/25/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
So how does this weekend's genre release stack up against the competition? We have the verdict on Gone for you right here. Read on if you dare.
Read our review for Gone here!
The film is directed by Heitor Dhalia from a script by Allison Burnett. Amanda Seyfried's co-stars include Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Carpenter, and Erin Carufel.
Synopsis:
Gone centers on Jill Parrish, a young woman (Seyfried) who returns home from her night shift to find her sister Molly's bed empty. Jill is convinced that the serial killer who kidnapped her two years before has come back to finish the job, but when the police do not believe her and with no one to turn to, the woman sets off to find her sister and face her abductor once and for all.
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Read our review for Gone here!
The film is directed by Heitor Dhalia from a script by Allison Burnett. Amanda Seyfried's co-stars include Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Carpenter, and Erin Carufel.
Synopsis:
Gone centers on Jill Parrish, a young woman (Seyfried) who returns home from her night shift to find her sister Molly's bed empty. Jill is convinced that the serial killer who kidnapped her two years before has come back to finish the job, but when the police do not believe her and with no one to turn to, the woman sets off to find her sister and face her abductor once and for all.
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- 2/25/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Our UK based readers will just have to suck up the fact that Heitor Dhalia's ('Adrift') new flick 'Gone' won't be arriving theatrically until the 30 March. However, it's those lucky yankee doodles that can catch the thriller in cinemas today! And in case you're still in two minds as to whether you should be heading down to your local multiplex and grabbing a ticket then why not check out a couple of new behind-the-scenes clips below, featuring it's hottie lead star Amanda Seyfried ('Red Riding Hood', 'Jennifer's Body'), to help make your mind up. Jennifer Carpenter ('Dexter'), Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley ('The Hunger Games'), Erin Carufel, Sebastian Stan, Socratis Otto and Joel David Moore ('Aviator') all co-star. Check out the new scenes below....
- 2/24/2012
- Horror Asylum
With Gone getting ready to open in theatres this Friday, we've dug up some good old fashioned behind-the-scenes goodness for you to tide you over until our review comes. Dig it!
The film is directed by Heitor Dhalia from a script by Allison Burnett. Amanda Seyfried's co-stars include Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Carpenter, and Erin Carufel.
Synopsis:
Gone centers on Jill Parrish, a young woman (Seyfried) who returns home from her night shift to find her sister Molly's bed empty. Jill is convinced that the serial killer who kidnapped her two years before has come back to finish the job, but when the police do not believe her and with no one to turn to, the woman sets off to find her sister and face her abductor once and for all.
Look for the flick in theatres on February 24th, 2012.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
The film is directed by Heitor Dhalia from a script by Allison Burnett. Amanda Seyfried's co-stars include Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Carpenter, and Erin Carufel.
Synopsis:
Gone centers on Jill Parrish, a young woman (Seyfried) who returns home from her night shift to find her sister Molly's bed empty. Jill is convinced that the serial killer who kidnapped her two years before has come back to finish the job, but when the police do not believe her and with no one to turn to, the woman sets off to find her sister and face her abductor once and for all.
Look for the flick in theatres on February 24th, 2012.
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- 2/24/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Two big films are opening this Oscar weekend -- we have the action-thriller .Gone. starring Amanda Seyfried, and the romantic drama .Good Deeds. from Tyler Perry. In .Gone,. Seyfried stars as Jill, an ordinary college student whose life takes a turn for the worse when her sister vanished. She suspects the serial killer who abducted her before is the culprit, but the big problem? No one believes her. They all think she.s crazy. Heitor Dhalia directs from an original script by Allison Burnett. Daniel Sunjata, Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Stan, and Wes Bentley co-star.
In .Good Deeds,. Tyler Perry stars, writes, directs, and produces the romantic drama featuring Gabriella Union, Thandie Newton, and Mrs. Claire Huxtable herself, Phylicia Rashad. Perry stars as Wesley Deeds, a rich, smart businessman who.s engaged to Union.s Natalie. He seems to have it all until he meets Lindsey (Newton), the down-in-the-dumps mother who changes Wesley.s life.
In .Good Deeds,. Tyler Perry stars, writes, directs, and produces the romantic drama featuring Gabriella Union, Thandie Newton, and Mrs. Claire Huxtable herself, Phylicia Rashad. Perry stars as Wesley Deeds, a rich, smart businessman who.s engaged to Union.s Natalie. He seems to have it all until he meets Lindsey (Newton), the down-in-the-dumps mother who changes Wesley.s life.
- 2/24/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Time to hear from some of the folks behind this weekend's genre offering, Gone, starring Amanda Seyfried. Pull up a chair, turn up your sound, and dig on the goodies!
The film is directed by Heitor Dhalia from a script by Allison Burnett. Seyfried's co-stars include Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Carpenter, and Erin Carufel.
Synopsis:
Gone centers on Jill Parrish, a young woman (Seyfried) who returns home from her night shift to find her sister Molly's bed empty. Jill is convinced that the serial killer who kidnapped her two years before has come back to finish the job, but when the police do not believe her and with no one to turn to, the woman sets off to find her sister and face her abductor once and for all.
Look for the flick in theatres on February 24th, 2012.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
The film is directed by Heitor Dhalia from a script by Allison Burnett. Seyfried's co-stars include Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Carpenter, and Erin Carufel.
Synopsis:
Gone centers on Jill Parrish, a young woman (Seyfried) who returns home from her night shift to find her sister Molly's bed empty. Jill is convinced that the serial killer who kidnapped her two years before has come back to finish the job, but when the police do not believe her and with no one to turn to, the woman sets off to find her sister and face her abductor once and for all.
Look for the flick in theatres on February 24th, 2012.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
- 2/23/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
By Beck Smith
HollywoodNews.com: With a string of high-profile movies on the way — including Summit Entertainment’s “Gone” thriller that opens Friday (2/24) — Wes Bentley has built up a wave of fresh career momentum. He has a wife and a one-year-old son he adores at home. He looks great. Life is good. It’s hard to believe that between 2002 and 2009, the actor who rocketed to fame with the 1999 “American Beauty” hit the depths of addiction — alcohol, cocaine, heroin.
Coming off a week of following the sad news of Whitney Houston’s death, talking with Bentley has an alternate universe feeling about it.
“It’s upsetting,” he says, asked about the late pop icon. “I can’t speak to exactly where she was, but probably in a sad place. Doing that to yourself means you still haven’t found the right support or settled the emotions in yourself you need to settle.
HollywoodNews.com: With a string of high-profile movies on the way — including Summit Entertainment’s “Gone” thriller that opens Friday (2/24) — Wes Bentley has built up a wave of fresh career momentum. He has a wife and a one-year-old son he adores at home. He looks great. Life is good. It’s hard to believe that between 2002 and 2009, the actor who rocketed to fame with the 1999 “American Beauty” hit the depths of addiction — alcohol, cocaine, heroin.
Coming off a week of following the sad news of Whitney Houston’s death, talking with Bentley has an alternate universe feeling about it.
“It’s upsetting,” he says, asked about the late pop icon. “I can’t speak to exactly where she was, but probably in a sad place. Doing that to yourself means you still haven’t found the right support or settled the emotions in yourself you need to settle.
- 2/21/2012
- by Beck / Smith
- Hollywoodnews.com
On Sunday most movie fanatics will be paying attention to the Oscars. I know we'll be here live-blogging the event with Breaking News alerts for the winners, Twitter posts and the like, but for me the only real joy I get out of the show is attempting to predict all of the winners. When I first started covering film on a day-to-day basis here on RopeofSilicon.com back in 2003 I looked at the Oscars as if they meant something. I wasn't naive enough to believe they always picked the "best" films for their winners, but I had an overwhelming respect for the process. Nine years later and it has just become a guessing game, and, if anything a new article from the Los Angeles Times will now help with those predictions as it sheds a bright light on who the people voting for the Oscars actually are. John Horn, Nicole...
- 2/20/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Trying to get the cops to believe that a serial killer has abducted your sister is not an easy task. See Amanda Seyfried’s character in Heitor Dhalia’s “Gone” for example. Yup, those lazy ass cops aren’t listening at all. In fact, they think she’s nuts! Why, how absurd! It’s absurd, right? That’s the central question in “Gone”, which finds Seyfried playing the former victim of a serial killer who is convinced said serial killer is back and has taken her sister. The cops, er, disagree. Three clips from the film below. (And in case you missed it, a batch of images from the film can be gleaned here.) When her sister disappears, Jill is convinced the serial killer who kidnapped her two years ago has returned, and she sets out to once again face her abductor. Also starring Jennifer Carpenter, Daniel Sunjata, Wes Bentley,...
- 2/15/2012
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
There's been quite the influx of stills from Heitor Dhalia's ('Adrift') new thriller 'Gone' over the past few months, each one as disappointing as the previous. That is course not referring to those featuring the films leading star Amanda Seyfried of which a new containment of stills revealed by the IMDb feature thy said hottie. Jennifer Carpenter ('Dexter'), Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley ('The Hunger Games'), Erin Carufel, Sebastian Stan, Socratis Otto and Joel David Moore ('Aviator') all co-star in the project penned by 'Underworld: Awakening' scribe Allison Burnett. Check out the new stills below and make sure you head on over tot he IMDb at the link for the rest....
- 2/13/2012
- Horror Asylum
Clips and interviews for Heitor Dahlia's Gone, starring Amanda Seyfried and Daniel Sunjata. Chec out new clips in high definition, as well as interviews with the cast and crew of the suspense thriller, including Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter, Wes Bentley, Emily Wickersham, Daniel Sunjata, director Heitor Dhalia, writer Allison Burnett, and producers Gary Lucchesi and Tom Rosenberg. In the suspense thriller, Gone, Jill Parrish (Amanda Seyfried) comes home from a night shift to discover her sister Molly (Emily Wickersham) has been abducted. Jill, having escaped from a kidnapping a year before, is convinced that the same serial killer has come back and taken Molly. The police think Jill is crazy and are unwilling to use their resources to help her. Afraid that Molly will be dead...
- 2/12/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Clips and interviews for Heitor Dahlia's Gone, starring Amanda Seyfried and Daniel Sunjata. Chec out new clips in high definition, as well as interviews with the cast and crew of the suspense thriller, including Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter, Wes Bentley, Emily Wickersham, Daniel Sunjata, director Heitor Dhalia, writer Allison Burnett, and producers Gary Lucchesi and Tom Rosenberg. In the suspense thriller, Gone, Jill Parrish (Amanda Seyfried) comes home from a night shift to discover her sister Molly (Emily Wickersham) has been abducted. Jill, having escaped from a kidnapping a year before, is convinced that the same serial killer has come back and taken Molly. The police think Jill is crazy and are unwilling to use their resources to help her. Afraid that Molly will be dead...
- 2/12/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Clips and interviews for Heitor Dahlia's Gone, starring Amanda Seyfried and Daniel Sunjata. Chec out new clips in high definition, as well as interviews with the cast and crew of the suspense thriller, including Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter, Wes Bentley, Emily Wickersham, Daniel Sunjata, director Heitor Dhalia, writer Allison Burnett, and producers Gary Lucchesi and Tom Rosenberg. In the suspense thriller, Gone, Jill Parrish (Amanda Seyfried) comes home from a night shift to discover her sister Molly (Emily Wickersham) has been abducted. Jill, having escaped from a kidnapping a year before, is convinced that the same serial killer has come back and taken Molly. The police think Jill is crazy and are unwilling to use their resources to help her. Afraid that Molly will be dead...
- 2/12/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Even more goodies featuring a super pissed Amanda Seyfried have come our way in promotion of Summit Entertainment's Gone, and we have everything for you on tap right here!
The film is directed by Heitor Dhalia from a script by Allison Burnett. Seyfried's co-stars include Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Carpenter, and Erin Carufel.
Synopsis:
Gone centers on Jill Parrish, a young woman (Seyfried) who returns home from her night shift to find her sister Molly's bed empty. Jill is convinced that the serial killer who kidnapped her two years before has come back to finish the job, but when the police do not believe her and with no one to turn to, the woman sets off to find her sister and face her abductor once and for all.
Look for the flick in theatres on February 24th, 2012.
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The film is directed by Heitor Dhalia from a script by Allison Burnett. Seyfried's co-stars include Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Carpenter, and Erin Carufel.
Synopsis:
Gone centers on Jill Parrish, a young woman (Seyfried) who returns home from her night shift to find her sister Molly's bed empty. Jill is convinced that the serial killer who kidnapped her two years before has come back to finish the job, but when the police do not believe her and with no one to turn to, the woman sets off to find her sister and face her abductor once and for all.
Look for the flick in theatres on February 24th, 2012.
Visit The Evilshop @ Amazon!
Got news? Click here to submit it!
- 2/10/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Heltor Dhalia's Gone will be in theaters on February 24, 2012 and stars actors that you'll know from other horror movies. All you Amanda Seyfried fans will want to make sure you see this film. The poster is not that exciting let's hope it's not an indication of the film. Check out the 3 new clips for the movie below. Directed by Heitor Dhalia and written by Allison Burnett (Underworld: Awakening) Gone stars Amanda Seyfried (Red Riding Hood), Jennifer Carpenter (Quarantine) and Wes Bentley (P2).
- 2/10/2012
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
Summit Entertainment has provided Bloody Disgusting with a trio of clips and a massive hi-res imagery gallery for the Amanda Seyfried thriller Gone, opening in theaters February 24. Click the still above for the entire gallery with the three pieces of clipage inside. Directed by Heitor Dhalia, and also starring Emily Wickersham, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Carpenter, Erin Carufel, Sebastian Stan, and Socratis Otto, "the thriller revolves around a young woman named Jill (Seyfried) who returns home from her night shift to find her sister's bed empty. She's convinced the serial killer who kidnapped her two years before has come back to finish the job. But the police do not believe Jill, who knows time is running out. With no one to turn to, she sets off to find her sister and face her abductor once and for all."...
- 2/10/2012
- bloody-disgusting.com
Screening of Heitor Dhalia's Gone, starring Amanda Seyfried. Win tickets to screenings of the Summit Entertainment thriller directed by Heitor Dhalia, from the writing by Allison Burnett. In the suspense thriller, Gone, Jill Parrish (Amanda Seyfried) comes home from a night shift to discover her sister Molly (Emily Wickersham) has been abducted. Jill, having escaped from a kidnapping a year before, is convinced that the same serial killer has come back and taken Molly. The police think Jill is crazy and are unwilling to use their resources to help her. Afraid that Molly will be dead by sundown, she sets out alone on a heart-pounding chase to find the killer, expose his secrets and save her sister...
- 2/10/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Screening of Heitor Dhalia's Gone, starring Amanda Seyfried. Win tickets to screenings of the Summit Entertainment thriller directed by Heitor Dhalia, from the writing by Allison Burnett. In the suspense thriller, Gone, Jill Parrish (Amanda Seyfried) comes home from a night shift to discover her sister Molly (Emily Wickersham) has been abducted. Jill, having escaped from a kidnapping a year before, is convinced that the same serial killer has come back and taken Molly. The police think Jill is crazy and are unwilling to use their resources to help her. Afraid that Molly will be dead by sundown, she sets out alone on a heart-pounding chase to find the killer, expose his secrets and save her sister...
- 2/10/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Screening of Heitor Dhalia's Gone, starring Amanda Seyfried. Win tickets to screenings of the Summit Entertainment thriller directed by Heitor Dhalia, from the writing by Allison Burnett. In the suspense thriller, Gone, Jill Parrish (Amanda Seyfried) comes home from a night shift to discover her sister Molly (Emily Wickersham) has been abducted. Jill, having escaped from a kidnapping a year before, is convinced that the same serial killer has come back and taken Molly. The police think Jill is crazy and are unwilling to use their resources to help her. Afraid that Molly will be dead by sundown, she sets out alone on a heart-pounding chase to find the killer, expose his secrets and save her sister...
- 2/10/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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