Cannes Film Festival went apeshit for the jaw-dropping, nauseating, defiant, hilarious “The Substance” — a body horror thriller from French director Coralie Forgeat starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley — on Sunday night with an 11-minute standing ovation.
It’s the tale of a once-great actress (Moore) whose certain age has relegated her to a Jane Fonda-style fitness show. When she’s fired, she is offered a trial of the medical treatment the film is named for. It promises a younger, better version of herself through a cell replicating process.
Moore takes a leap of faith and winds up on the bathroom floor, spine split open like a Christmas ham, when this new version — played by Qualley — comes slithering out of her back. Young, supple and brimming with possibilities, the two characters are allowed to coexist with one important caveat: they must trade one week on, one week off in each body.
It’s the tale of a once-great actress (Moore) whose certain age has relegated her to a Jane Fonda-style fitness show. When she’s fired, she is offered a trial of the medical treatment the film is named for. It promises a younger, better version of herself through a cell replicating process.
Moore takes a leap of faith and winds up on the bathroom floor, spine split open like a Christmas ham, when this new version — played by Qualley — comes slithering out of her back. Young, supple and brimming with possibilities, the two characters are allowed to coexist with one important caveat: they must trade one week on, one week off in each body.
- 5/19/2024
- by Matt Donnelly and Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
A Man of Action (Un Hombre de Acción) is a Spanish Netflix movie directed by Javier Ruiz Caldera and starring Juan José Ballesta, Miki Esparbé and Luis Callejo.
Premise
Loosely inspired by the life of Lucio Urtubia, explore the figure of the so-called anarchist ‘Robin Hood,’ who ran a legendary counterfeiting operation in Paris that put him in the crosshairs of America’s largest bank, when he managed to obtain a huge amount of money by forging traveler’s checks to invest in causes he believed in.
A Man of Action (2022) Release Date
November 30, 2022
Where to Watch ‘A Man of Action’
Netflix
A Man of Action (2022) Director
Javier Ruiz Caldera
Cast
Miki Esparbé / Quico
Juan José Ballesta / Lucio
Ken Appledorn / Tony Greko
Josean Bengoetxea / Germinal
Philip Schurer / Director Banque Credite Mondiale
Daniel Chamorro / Dueño Coche
Jon Viar / GendarmeTimothy Cordukes / Fiscal
Georges Celestin / Bank director
Billy Jeffries / Bank Supervisor
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Premise
Loosely inspired by the life of Lucio Urtubia, explore the figure of the so-called anarchist ‘Robin Hood,’ who ran a legendary counterfeiting operation in Paris that put him in the crosshairs of America’s largest bank, when he managed to obtain a huge amount of money by forging traveler’s checks to invest in causes he believed in.
A Man of Action (2022) Release Date
November 30, 2022
Where to Watch ‘A Man of Action’
Netflix
A Man of Action (2022) Director
Javier Ruiz Caldera
Cast
Miki Esparbé / Quico
Juan José Ballesta / Lucio
Ken Appledorn / Tony Greko
Josean Bengoetxea / Germinal
Philip Schurer / Director Banque Credite Mondiale
Daniel Chamorro / Dueño Coche
Jon Viar / GendarmeTimothy Cordukes / Fiscal
Georges Celestin / Bank director
Billy Jeffries / Bank Supervisor
See full...
- 11/29/2022
- by Veronica Loop
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
"The lucky ones freeze to death." A trailer has debuted for the snowy indie horror titled Cold Ground, a creature feature about a team of documentary filmmakers who venture into the mountains. Set in the 1970s, the found footage story follows journalists who head to the French-Swiss border to investigate a strange case of cattle mutilations, but the scientific team they were supposed to meet is nowhere to be found. This is described as a retro horror that is like "The Blair Witch Project meets The Descent", and it's filmed to look like it was made in the 70s with Super 8 cameras. Starring Doug Rand, Philip Schurer, Gala Besson, Fabrice Pierre, and Maura Tillay. This looks very scary, here's to hoping it's as good as the quotes claim. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Fabien Delage's Cold Ground, direct from YouTube: 1976: Two young journalists leave for the...
- 8/22/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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