#Miami Grab Passes to #TheWheelOfTime 11/15 @ AMC Sunset

The Wheel of Time
Creator: Rafe Judkins
Starring: Daniel Henney, Josha Stradowski, Rosamund Pike
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Set in a high fantasy world where magic exists, but only some can access it, a woman named Moiraine crosses paths with five young men and women. This sparks a dangerous, world-spanning journey.

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Movie Review: Entertainment Studios' #Hostiles

HOSTILES

Release Date: January 26, 2018
Genre: Drama
Studio: Entertainment Studios

Starring: Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Jack Reacher, Wes Studi, Adam Beach, Ben Foster, Q’orianka Kilcher, Tanaya Beatty, Jonathan Majors

Directed By: Scott Cooper

Screenplay By: Scott Cooper and Donald E. Stewart
Produced By: Scott Cooper, Ken Kao, John Lesher

Set in 1892, Hostiles tells the story of a legendary Army Captain (Christian Bale), who after stern resistance, reluctantly agrees to escort a dying Cheyenne war chief (Wes Studi) and his family back to tribal lands. Making the harrowing and perilous journey from Fort Berringer, an isolated Army outpost in New Mexico, to the grasslands of Montana, the former rivals encounter a young widow (Rosamund Pike), whose family was murdered on the plains. Together, they must join forces to overcome the punishing landscape, hostile Comanche and vicious outliers that they encounter along the way.

Hostiles is directed by Scott Cooper (Black Mass, Out of the Furnace, Crazy Heart) and produced by John Lesher (Black Mass, Birdman, Fury) and Ken Kao (The Nice Guys, Knight of Cups).

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Movies with a western genre are few and far between these days.  Westerns are an art that has given way to superheroes, vampires and vampire superheroes. Just when it seemed like there were no good westerns to be made, Hostiles comes along to enlighten skeptics and enchant the non-believers.

Set from far-west New Mexico to the Montana grasslands, and all the territory in between, Hostiles is the story of what comes after the “gun battle” in westerns. It is an epilogue of sorts for most westerns out there.  The “good guys” and the “bad guys” usually shoot it out and there are winners and losers and the audience rarely sees the real fallout.  Hostiles depicts that fallout beautifully, blurring the lines between the good guys and the bad guys, while delivering both a classic story and a timely message.

Hostiles is a success thanks, in part, to the gifted performances of the cast.  Wes Studi (as Chief Yellow Hawk), Christian Bale (as Captain Blocker) and Rosamund Pike (as Mrs. Quaid) all give passionate and strong performances.  Studi was especially impressive in his quiet portrayal of an ailing Cheyenne Chief. With less dialogue and action than Bale and Pike, Studi’s performance creates balance.   

It is that balance which makes the story of Hostiles timely.  This isn’t a typical “cowboys versus Indians” tale.  It is a story of inclusion,  tolerance, forgiveness and atonement.  Hostiles starts like it’s going to be a story about the spoils of war, but the plot peppers-in notions of genuine good and real evil.  It asks the audience to question the stereotypical ideas of heroes and villains.  Hostiles delivers difficult questions about the way that people treat each other, with an almost naïve hope about the future.

Mostly, Hostiles is great because it isn’t like every other western ever made.  There are just enough of the classic western movie tropes to draw-in an audience before redirecting into an original sentiment. It looked beautiful on the big screen.  There are some very moving moments, especially in the third act. Hostiles might be one of the best films of 2017. Go see it. It is in limited release now.   

#Portland Grab Passes to #AUnitedKingdom @ Century Clackamas Town Center 2/27

A United Kingdom
Director: Amma Asante
Writers: Guy Hibbert
Starring: David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for some language including racial epithets and a scene of sensuality
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Hashtag: #AUnitedKingdom

A UNITED KINGDOM is the true story of the forbidden love of King Seretse Khama of Botswana (David Oyelowo) and Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike), a white woman from London, which caused an international uproar when they decided to marry in the late 1940s just as apartheid was being introduced into South Africa. It was a decision that altered the course of African history.

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#Seattle Grab Passes to #AUnitedKingdom @ AMC Pacific Place 2/20

A United Kingdom
Director: Amma Asante
Writers: Guy Hibbert
Starring: David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for some language including racial epithets and a scene of sensuality
Official Socials: Site | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | IMDb
Hashtag: #AUnitedKingdom

A UNITED KINGDOM is the true story of the forbidden love of King Seretse Khama of Botswana (David Oyelowo) and Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike), a white woman from London, which caused an international uproar when they decided to marry in the late 1940s just as apartheid was being introduced into South Africa. It was a decision that altered the course of African history.

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Celebrating Gone Girl's Blu-Ray Release with an Awesome Movie Bundle Giveaway!

Have you seen Gone Girl yet? Do you know who kidnapped Amy Dunne?

Well I know what happen to Amy Dunne, and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment would like one of our readers to know as well. 

So we are offering a bundle set that includes: a Blu-ray copy of Gone Girl that brings inside the box an 'Amazing Amy Tattle Tale' book plus a movie-tie paperback copy of Gone Girl written by Gillian Flynn (who also wrote the screenplay for Gone Girl). The bundle is pictured above. 

If you would like a order a copy of Gone Girl Blu-ray or Gone Girl paperback, just click on the images below:

 

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Yara's movie reflection:

Thanks to 20th Century Fox I was able to view the film. I went in not knowing what would happen because I had not gotten around to reading the novel first. Michelle from our team had actually been the one to read the novel back in 2013 and then she went to an advance screening of Gone Girl and shared her movie review last October. I didn't read her review, so that when I finally was able to see the film, I would be surprised the whole time.

Man, was I was something worse. Surprised was the least of my emotions. The movie kept me in suspense every single second, mouth hanging open and me sitting on the edge of the sofa. I would say out-loud my theories and then next scene would happen and it would completed annihilate my theory. I never guessed correctly what happen to Amy Dunne. That makes for a great movie.

If you didn't make it out to the theaters when Gone Girl released or even if you did, you MUST WATCH this film (again). You will not be let down. Just make sure you have time to sit and enjoy it, because the film is 149 minutes long. But worth every second you watch it. And that ending, KILLED ME!

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Official Press Release:

The Year’s Most Talked-About Movie 

Comes to Blu-ray^™ and DVD January 13 

Every Blu-ray Comes with the Collectible “Amazing Amy: Tattle Tale” Book

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Dec 9th, 2014) – Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will bring you to the edge of your seat when GONE GIRL hits Blu-ray™ and DVD January 13.  Based on Gillian Flynn’s New York Times Best Seller, GONE GIRL delivers critically-acclaimed performances from Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike and the entire all-star ensemble. 

GONE GIRL— directed by David Fincher and based upon the global best seller by Gillian Flynn — unearths the secrets at the heart of a modern marriage. On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports that his beautiful wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick’s portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?

Every Blu-ray™ comes with an exclusive new Amazing Amy story – “Tattle Tale.”  The 36-page children’s book is only available with the purchase of the GONE GIRL Blu-ray™.

GONE GIRL BLU-RAY™ SPECIAL FEATURES 

• Audio Commentary by David Fincher 
• ‘Amazing Amy Tattle Tale’ Book

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Movie Review: Gone Girl

Gone Girl

Release Date: October 3rd 2014

Director: David Fincher

Writers: Gillian Flynn (screenplay & novel)

Main Cast: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry

Genres: Drama | Mystery | Thriller

MPAA Rating: Rated R for a scene of bloody violence, some strong sexual content/nudity, and language

Studio: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation

Official Sites: IMDb | Website | Facebook | Twitter

On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? Written by Twentieth Century Fox

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Stunned. A deer in headlights. I am positive that is the look that was on my face when the ending credits began to roll. I had read the book in 2013 so I was aware of how the story would play out. I just had no idea that it would be portrayed so perfectly on screen.

Nick and Amy Dunne, their marriage has fallen apart to say the least. Beginning as most do with smiles across a crowded room, romantic gestures, steamy sex in the most unexpected places, the fun stuff that makes you feel numb to the world around you because all that matters is you and your new person.

And then reality sets in. A young couple caring for a sick parent, the loss of a job, the stress of a failing business and infidelity. That’s just about enough to make anyone go insane. In our story, it is Amy who loses her mind, while Nick remains oblivious to the fact that she has had enough. Don’t mess with Amy, she won’t stay the victim for long.

Amy is gone, missing from her home. Nick, he is the main suspect. How did things get this bad? The real story of love gone wrong unfolds, Nick isn’t the perfect husband. Amy is not the perfect wife.

This movie will keep you wondering. It will surprise and shock you. By the middle of the movie I remembered how much I disliked Amy. Amazing Amy is a bitch and that is putting it nicely!

You don’t have to have read the book to follow the movie, it does well as a stand alone. It does have its’ moments that are obviously not for younger teens, some brief sex scenes and some pretty intense acts of violence that don’t last long on screen but definitely made a lasting impression in my memory!

Gone Girl is long, so grab your snacks and settle in. This is going to take you on a long, unbelievable ride you aren’t soon to forget!

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Have you read the novel???

Movie Review: Jack Reacher

I’ll admit that the reason I finally watched Jack Reacher was that it was released in Blu-ray this past Tuesday. When it hit theaters back in December, I didn’t have the drive to see it until I found out that Jai Courtney (Spartacus: War of the Damned, Divergent) was in this film alongside Tom Cruise (Oblivion, Top Gun), by then it was already out of the theaters. Then I come to find out that Jack Reacher is an adaptation of Lee Child‘s novel One Shot. One Shot is the 9th book in Lee Child’s book series titled Jack Reacher. I haven’t read this series so my thoughts will reflected the movie itself. From looking at reviews of the book series online, its seems that the Jack Reacher series is popular and gets great reviews. Anyone that likes to read a good mystery thriller with tons of suspense should probably read the series by Lee Child.

Jack Reacher was mysterious and suspenseful. From the beginning of the movie when it opens with a man setting up a sniper rifle to take out bystanders from the parking garage across the Allegheny River from PNC Park you are immediately thrown into a suspenseful event. Why is this man there and killing these innocent people? Then the police are at the scene of the crime and find a fingerprint of the killer. Once the finger print is analyzed they have their suspect and it’s an open and shut case pretty much. So the suspect they go after is James Barr (Joseph Sikora) ex-military sniper. Barr is being interrogated and the one thing he does tell the police by jotting it down on a piece of notepad is “Get Jack Reacher”. Police are left wondering who the heck Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) is and why does their suspect want them to contact him. This gets the police looking up who Reacher is, they come to find out he is practically a ghost. Once a military police corps officer. The last 2 years Reacher hasn’t existed or pop up anywhere. So how does the police contact a man who doesn’t want to be found? Easy, Jack Reacher just drops in at the police station. Reacher saw on TV the headlines news about Barr and the killing spree and went straight to the police station. When Barr is taken to jail, he is brutally attacked and left in a coma. Jack meets the defense attorney Helen Rodin (Rosamund Pike) and she request that Jack become a lead investigator in the case for her. Jack agrees and begins his task at dissecting the crime committed by Barr.

Jack immediately starts to uncover things the police missed or covered up. This is a story where you can’t always believe the evidence before you. Jack Reacher is Tom Cruise at Tom Cruise level. The man never goes in half-ass, he takes his career and acting serious and gives us 110%. In Jack Reacher he might have kicked it up a notch since he was one of the producers of the film. The chemistry between Jack Reacher and defense attorney Helen Rodin was believable and they made a great duo. As I mentioned earlier in the review, I wanted to see Jai Courtney (Charlie) in this film and was pleased with his part and delivery as well. Jai looks great in this movie and was the ultimate villain. I can’t wait to see what Jai brings to the table in next spring’s Divergent release.

Great movie to check out if you haven’t yet. Guys will love it and I think the ladies will too just like I did. Why not, you get Tom Cruise for 2 hours on your TV screen.

If you want to check out Lee Child’s series visit his Amazon page HERE.