From Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, “Man of Steel,” starring Henry Cavilln directed by Zack Snyder.
Storyline
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
It stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Antje Traue, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Laurence Fishburne, Russell Crowe, Ayelet Zurer, Christopher Meloni, Harry Lennix and Michael Kelly.
(Henry Cavilln is the actor from “Immortals,” TV’s “The Tudors”) in the role of Clark Kent/Superman, under the direction of Zack Snyder (“300,” “Watchmen”.)
Man of Steel is directed by Zack Snyder, from a script by David S. Goyer and screen story by Goyer and Christopher Nolan.
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"A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind."
The movie Superman “Man of Steel” starring Henry Cavill , Amy Adams, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Michael Shannon, Russell Crowe, Antje Traue, Ayelet Zurer, Henry Lennix, Christopher Meloni and Laurence Fishburne. This is directed by Zach Snyder.
Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures comes “Man of Steel,” with Henry Cavill (from “Immortals,” TV’s “The Tudors”) in the role of Clark Kent/Superman, under the direction of Zack Snyder (of “300,” “Watchmen”).
Synopsis
From Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures comes MAN OF STEEL, starring Henry Cavill in the role of Clark Kent/Superman, under the direction of Zack Snyder (“300,” “Watchmen”). A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
The film also stars Amy Adams as Daily Planet journalist Lois Lane, and Fishburne as her editor-in-chief, Perry White. Starring as Clark Kent’s adoptive parents, Martha and Jonathan Kent, are Diane Lane and Kevin Costner. Squaring off against the superhero are two other surviving Kryptonians, the villainous General Zod, played by Michael Shannon, and Faora, Zod’s evil partner, played by Antje Traue. Also from Superman’s native Krypton are Lara Lor-Van, Superman’s mother, played by Ayelet Zurer, and Superman’s father, Jor-El, portrayed by Russell Crowe. Rounding out the cast are Christopher Meloni as U.S. military man Colonel Hardy, Harry Lennix as General Swanwick, Michael Kelly as Steve Lombard, and Richard Schiff as Dr. Emil Hamilton.
The film is set to be released on June 14, 2013, in conventional, 3D and IMAX theaters.
“Life of Pi,” is a great movie by Oscar winning filmmaker Ang Lee and based on a screenplay by David Magee. “Life of Pi's” newbie thespian Suraj Sharma nominated in 18th CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS.
“Life of Pi,” a
breathtakingly beautiful story of a boy named Pi played by newcomer Suraj
Sharma who is lost at sea with a Bengal tiger, following the loss of his family
in a shipwreck.
Suraj Sharma who hails from India never expected a “Life of
Pi” when he accompanied his brother to the movie’s casting call. Born and raised in Delhi, India and
raised by mathematician parents, it seemed that from more than 3,000 hopefuls
who auditioned for the role, Suraj was destined to play the role of Pi, a
mathematical constant transcendental number.
He has recently been nominated in the upcoming Critics’
Choice Movie Awards for Best Young Actor for his role in “Life of Pi” along
with other actors/actresses such as Elle Fanning (“Ginger & Rosa”) and
Logan Lerman (“Perks of Being a Wallflower”).
The story revolves around Pi, a delightfully enthusiastic
teenager who lives with his zoo-keeping family in Pondicherry, India.
Inquisitive and intelligent, he explores different cultures and spiritual
traditions. Pi has open-minded parents who allow him to become a free thinker,
finding his own path. Due to a worsening economic climate, Pi’s parents decide
to emigrate to start a new life in Canada. But the ship sinks. Eventually only Pi and the tiger are
left alive on the lifeboat and the unlikely pair embarks on an Odyssey that is
fraught with danger. On the
precarious lifeboat he shares with the tiger, Pi finds inner strength and
becomes aware that some kind of higher power is in charge of his destiny.
The heightened emotional connections presented in the movie
required exceptional performances from its cast, none more so than the neophyte
thespian who would take on the titular hero.
“We searched for a young man who had the innocence to
capture our attention, the depth of character to break our hearts, and the
physicality needed to embody Pi on his journey,” says director Ang Lee.
"During his audition, Suraj filled the room with emotion, much of which he
conveyed simply through his eyes. His natural ability to believe and stay in
the world of the story is a rare treasure.
“Suraj’s investment in the story made us really believe that
whatever challenges we faced, the film was really going to happen,” adds the
director. “When we saw Suraj, we
saw the movie. Mr. Lee marvels at
Suraj’s innocence and efforts, noting, “We are all experienced and perhaps a
little jaded. Suraj reminded us
why we want to make movies. Every day was a miracle.”
For Suraj Sharma, the experience of landing the starring
role was surreal. “It was all so new for me,” says Suraj. “I had never been out
of India. I didn’t know how to act or swim. I learned how to swim and now it’s
my favorite thing to do. Shooting
the film in Taiwan and meeting people from all over the world in the crew was
fantastic. You get an idea of how diverse the world is. I was really inspired
by everything I saw and everyone I got to know. I wanted to give it everything I had.”
Sharma also went through rigorous workouts to increase his
stamina, which gave him an inner discipline and strength that enabled him to
empathize with the character.
“What defines Pi is his never-ending will to
survive, he has a belief in the world and I think that’s what sets him apart
from everyone else. He survives by instinct. But he also possessed a strong
sprit from the beginning, right from being a child. But Pi kept that innocence
inside him and with innocence comes belief.”
“Life of Pi” opens January 9 in 3D and 2D theaters
nationwide from 20th Century Fox thru Warner Bros.
“Most people are mortified by the way they were raised and can’t wait to raise their own kids differently. I was on the cusp of the old school /new school parenting styles, so I understand the motivations of each.” -
Says Bette Midler of the generational parenting conflicts.
Comedy icons Billy Crystal and Bette Midler star in the family-centric comedy “Parental Guidance” together with Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott, Bailee Madison, Joshua Rush and Kylie Harrison Breitkopf directed by Andy Fickman.
A comedic and emotionally rich depiction of the clashing parenting styles between the generations, “Parental Guidance’s” subject matter, characters and actors are relatable to all audiences. Youngsters will enjoy the hijinks of the family’s trio of children; the film’s theme of being caught between your parents and kids will resonate with adults; and the movie is the first comedy in many years that shows grandparents as active, funny, involved and vital characters – and central to modern family life.
Alice (Tomei) in desperation calls her parents Artie (Crystal) and Diane (Midler) to look after their three children when she and her husband need to go on a trip. In the story, Billy Crystal’s Artie and Bette Midler’s Diane are “the other grandparents” to their three grandchildren – meaning their son-in-law’s parents have a much stronger connection with the kids, which Diane envies and has long sought to correct. But Artie and Diane’s infrequent visits to their daughter Alice’s (Marisa Tomei) home have relegated them to second-tier status – along with a few photos of the couple hidden on Alice’s mantelpiece. Joe Syracuse & Lisa Addario, the movie’s screenwriting partners, husband-and-wife, and parents of two children, say the notion of battling parenting styles between the generations resonated with them. “Once we became parents, we realized that we were not raising them the way our parents raised us,” says Addario.
The two writers, like so many of their generation, grew up during a time when children’s car seats had yet to be invented, second-hand smoke didn’t have a name, and kids rode bikes without helmets.But when our generation had kids, “the word ‘parent’ became a verb as well as a noun,” adds Syracuse.“But when the reality of childrearing set in, we came to see the wisdom in the way our parents did things, and we started to question our generation’s nurturing, coddling and overprotecting our kids.”
Director Andy Fickman, father to a teenager, says he was drawn to the movie’s universal appeal, noting that “in any country in the world, each generation thinks it has a better way to be a parent.” Like Syracuse & Addario, Fickman makes special note of the differing generational parenting methods. “When I was growing up, I would get a Pop Tart for breakfast. My parents had [famed pediatrician] Dr. [Benjamin] Spock’s book to guide them through almost all situations; today, we go to doctors for every conceivable concern. For parents today, it’s all about the kids’ feelings and emotions, and everything becomes a ‘Dr. Phil’ episode.”
A big motivation for Midler to join “Parental Guidance” was the chance to team with Billy Crystal. The two have been friends for nearly 30 years, but this is their first professional collaboration. “Billy and I have similar tastes in theater, movies, music and humor, so it was pretty easy for us to play a married couple,” says the actress. “We know what each other is going to do, so we mesh in a unique way.”
It’s a family affair when “Parental Guidance” opens in cinemas nationwide in the Phils. on January 16 from 20th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros.
Not your conventional boy-meets-girl romantic story, “Ruby Sparks” leads us to Calvin Weir-Fields, (played by Paul Dano who also appeared in “Little Miss Sunshine,” “There Will Be Blood” a literary wunderkind with an acclaimed first novel. But since then, he’s been stricken with a stubborn case of writer’s block magnified by a dismal love life. In a last-ditch attempt to reignite his creative spark, Calvin begins to envision a female protagonist in his mind. Then one morning she steps off the page and into his life. Suddenly, Ruby (portrayed by Zoe Kazan who is also the film’s writer) is sleeping in Calvin’s bed, cooking in his kitchen, beguiling him in every way, with one mind-boggling twist: he somehow has the power to change her every time he sits at his typewriter. As Calvin tries to juggle this power, he faces a major dilemma as a writer and a boyfriend: what will it take to make this relationship from his imagination work in the real world ?
It seems fitting that “Ruby Sparks,” a romantic fable about how two people weave a love story in and out of reality, was brought to life by a married pair of directors (Dayton & Faris) working with two actors who are also a devoted couple (Dano and Kazan).
A sharp, modern take on the Pygmalion myth, “Ruby Sparks” is the story of a novelist’s vision who inexplicably comes to life, only to prove far more complicated than even he could have imagined. With a light touch and a dash of magical realism, the first screenplay from actress and playwright Zoe Kazan attracted the attention of Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, the married team who directed the run-away hit “Little Miss Sunshine.” The film takes an unpredictable route into fantasy, identity and the ways we invent love – and how love can re-invent us.
The duo decided to approach the story not as a sci-fi fantasy, but as something that is currently happening in the everyday world, no matter how bizarre it might seem to Calvin. “Even though the story is built around a fictional premise, it illuminates so many truths about relationships. We felt it was essential for the scenes to feel real and honest,” explains Dayton.
On the premise’s conception, Kazan shared that “I started wondering what might happen if a writer had a character come to life who could give him exactly what he thought he wanted romantically. How do you love the person you’re with completely without saying ‘I don’t want this part or that part?’ How do you make room in a relationship for two separate people? But things get very complicated because when you really love someone you have to love all of the person, not just the parts you’ve idealized.”
As Kazan wrote, she began sharing her work with her boyfriend, Paul Dano, the actor, and though she had not set out to write something for the two of them, they couldn’t help but envision one another in the lead roles. “I think I was always subconsciously writing Calvin for Paul,” she muses. “But the weirdest thing is that I was writing a character who is writing my character! There was something very meta going on.”
Kazan wasn’t so interested in the science fiction aspect of how a writer’s fantasy character might come to life – she was more intrigued by what would come next. How would a fictional creation fare in the midst of the messiness of real life, especially when the man writing her isn’t sure of exactly what he wants? There has been a long literary tradition of riffing on the man-made object made human: Shakespeare with Queen Hermione in “A Winter’s Tale,” George Bernard Shaw with Eliza Doolittle in “Pygmalion,” and Mary Shelley gave it another take with her “Frankenstein” myth. Kazan wanted to come at the concept from a literary perspective, exploring a writer who pens the lover he thinks he wants in his heart . . . but who makes him so nervous in the flesh, he is tempted to keep changing her.
“The story leaves some questions open for discussion,” concludes Faris, “we hope that people will leave the theater with something to talk about.”
“Despite this movie’s high-concept premise, we think audiences will identify with Calvin’s predicament.” Kazan chimes in, “I am so proud of the movie we made. After such a happy collaboration, we are really excited to share the film with an audience, hear their reactions, start that conversation.”
“Ruby Sparks” opens September 19 in cinemas from 20th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros.
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