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Warm Bodies, Out Now on Blu-ray and DVD

June 17, 2013 at 8:30 am

Life for Julie (Teresa Palmer) and R (Nicholas Hoult) couldn’t be more different. R is a zombie; with a great record collection; limited vocab and an overpowering love of brain food. Julie is a human; beautiful; strong; open minded and all heart. When R makes an unexpected decision and rescues Julie from a zombie attack, his lifeless existence begins to have a purpose. As the unlikely relationship develops, R’s choice to protect her sets in motion a sequence of events that might just change both of their worlds forever. Directed by Jonathan Levine (50/50) and based on the debut novel by Isaac Marion, the heart-warming Warm Bodies is 2013’s zom-rom-com with a twist.

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Warm Bodies, Out Now.

Read my Review, Zombies Need Love Too!

The Millers – Stills

June 15, 2013 at 8:30 am

David is a small-time pot dealer whose clientele includes chefs and soccer moms, but no kids—after all, he has his scruples. So what could go wrong? Plenty. Having been jumped by a trio of gutter punks who steal his stash and his cash, they leave him in major debt to a drug lord. In order to wipe the slate clean, David must now become a big-time drug smuggler by bringing Brad’s latest shipment in from Mexico. Twisting the arms of his neighbours including a cynical stripper, a wannabe customer and a tatted-and-pierced streetwise teen, he devises a fool proof plan. One fake wife, two pretend kids and a huge, shiny campervan later, the “Millers” are on a roadtrip that is sure to end with a bang.

Release Date: AUGUST 23RD

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Cast: Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Ed Helms, Emma Roberts, Will Poulter

The Wolverine – Book Now

June 14, 2013 at 1:07 pm

Use THIS handy link to find out where The Wolverine is playing near you and BOOK your tickets.

Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action-adventure takes Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern day Japan.

Out of his depth in an unknown world he faces his ultimate nemesis in a life-or-death battle that will leave him forever changed.

Vulnerable for the first time and pushed to his physical and emotional limits, he confronts not only lethal samurai steel but also his inner struggle against his own immortality, emerging more powerful than we have ever seen him before.

Release Date: Summer 2013
Director: James Mangold
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee and Tao Okamoto

The East – Images

June 14, 2013 at 8:30 am

THE EAST, a suspenseful and provocative espionage thriller from acclaimed writer-director Zal Batmanglij and writer-actress Brit Marling, stars Marling as former FBI agent Sarah Moss. Moss is starting a new career at Hiller Brood, an elite private intelligence firm that ruthlessly protects the interests of its A-list corporate clientele. Handpicked for a plum assignment by the company’s head honcho, Sharon (Patricia Clarkson), Sarah goes deep undercover to infiltrate The East, an elusive anarchist collective seeking revenge against major corporations guilty of covering up criminal activity.

Determined, highly-trained and resourceful, Sarah soon ingratiates herself with the group, overcoming their initial suspicions and joining them on their next action or “jam.” But living closely with the intensely committed members of The East, Sarah finds herself torn between her two worlds as she starts to connect with anarchist Benji (Alexander Skarsgård) and the rest of the collective, and awakens to the moral contradictions of her personal life

Release Date: JUNE 28TH 2013
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 116
Director: Zal Batmanglij
Cast: Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgard, Ellen Page, Toby Kebbell, Shiloh Fernandez, Julia Ormond and Patricia Clarkson

The East Festival Debut

June 13, 2013 at 6:06 pm

Courtesy of Cinema Sauce:

The East starring Brit Marling (Another Earth), Alexander Skarsgård (True Blood), Ellen Page (Juno) and Patricia Clarkson (Station Agent) will be released in cinemas across the UK & Ireland on June 28th 2013. If you can’t wait that long, and we are sure you can’t, then you are in luck! The film is all set to be screened at both this year’s East End Film Festival and Edinburgh International Film Festival, both of which will be attended by the films director Zal Batmanglij.

Already one of the official selection at this year’s Sundance and SXSW Film Festivals, The East finds Director Zal Batmanglij teaming up once more with with actress/co-writer Brit Marling following in the footsteps of their critically acclaimed debut feature Sound of my Voice.

This tense espionage thriller pits Sarah Moss (Brit Marling) as she finds herself going deep undercover for her corporate security firm with a mysterious anarchist group that has been terrorizing corporate CEOs. The closer she gets to her targets the more she finds herself questioning the validity of her whole worldview.

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The Millers

June 13, 2013 at 8:30 am

Release Date: AUGUST 23RD
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Cast: Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Ed Helms, Emma Roberts, Will Poulter

The East – in Cinemas June 28th 2013

June 13, 2013 at 2:51 am

Zombies Need Love Too!

June 12, 2013 at 10:47 pm

Okay, *Warm Bodies is not your average Rom-Com BUT a Rom-Com it is!

Warm Bodies is not your average Zombie Movie BUT a Zombie Movie it is!!

Now, the premise may be a weird one, boy meets girl, boy wants to eat girl, being a zombie and all but boy decides not to eat girl but instead, protects her from all the other brain-eating bozos out there.

The movie is based on the novel by Isaac Marion and adapted for the screen by Jonathan Levine.

From the outset the film let’s you know not to take it too seriously, that it is prepared to poke fun at its own premise and it brings you into the story without making it too campy or too serious.

With decent performances by the leads, Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer it kept me entertained through to the end, in fact, surprisingly, making me root for the couple and the good zombies to succeed.

Don’t let the naysayers put you off by comparing this to the Twilight series of movies, saying it dumbs down Zombie flix the same way Twilight made a, supposed, mockery of the Vampire Genre.

Warm Bodies does not try to be anything other than it is and that is an entertaining movie with enough to keep me entertained and happy till the end.

I give Warm Bodies a healthy:
Stars
4/5 Stars

Warm Bodies is available on DVD and Blu-ray from June 17th, 2013.

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Special Features:

Boy Meets, Er, Doesn’t Eat Girl
R & J
A Little Less Dead
Extreme Zombie Make-Over
A Wreck in Progress
Bustin’ Caps
Beware the Boneys
Whimsical Sweetness: Teresa Palmer’s Warm Bodies Home Movies
Zombie Acting Tips with Rob Corddry
Deleted Scenes
Shrug & Groan Gag Reel