Bond 24 To Start Shooting In October

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According to Ralph Fiennes in a interview with MTV, the next instalment of the James Bond franchises is to begin shooting in October.

We already know that Bond 24 will arrive in UK cinema’s on 23rd October 2015, so that gives the team a solid year to complete the picture.

Beyond that however, there isn’t much else known about the upcoming film, other than the previous actors in Skyfall will be returning.

Finnes is back a Mallory, AKA “M” having taken over from Judi Dench. Daniel Craig returns as Bond, and Naomie Harris and Ben Whishaw return as Monneypenny and Q respectively.

Here’s hoping this film doesn’t turn out to be much like Skyfall (here’s why we thought it wasn’t so good) however with Sam Mendes back to direct, we could be seeing similar results.

 

David Fincher To Direct Steve Jobs Bio-pic?

David Fincher has been rumoured to be in talks about directing a bio-pic about the late Apple founder, Steve Jobs.

Fincher also directed the critically acclaimed bio-pic of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, The Social Network, and so would be a welcome choice.

The film is an adaptation of Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography titled “Steve Jobs”.

The script has been written by Aaron Sorkin, who also wrote the script for The Social Network.

Steve Job’s life would make for an interesting film, having founded apple, being fired from apple, then returning to save it from its hard times.

There was a Job’s bio-pic released last year, staring Aston Kutcher…but it seems Sony is hoping everyone forgets about that, which I’ve no doubt everyone has tried.

It’s very early stages however, as it’s also rumoured that Fincher has hardly been in talks at all, with Deadline reporting he’s only read the script and nothing more.

The film is expected to start production towards the end of this year, here’s hoping it does justice to such an influential man.

Sin City sequel finally finished says Rodrigruez

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Robert Rodriguez has discussed that the filming for long awaited sequel Sin City: A Dame to Kill For(2014) is now completed.

Sin City: A Dame to Kill for is a movie adaptation of the second volume in comic book Series Sin City(1991) created by Frank Miller.

Like the prequel, the plot will be based on the violent characters that occupy Basin City, and each of their stories intwine with each other. The sequel will have a new round characters to like, and include characters from the prequel, especially Nancy (Jessica Alba) who’s story is based on how she copes with Hartigan’s (Bruce Willis) suicide in ‘That Yellow Bastard’.

Director Rodriguez and creator of the series Miller have also been discussing on making a Sin City 3, hoping to make it more violent and grittier than the last one.

Sin City: A Dame to Kill for will premiere in the UK on 29th August 2014.

New Godzilla Trailer Stamps In

The remake of the 1954 film is slowly creeping upon us, and Warner Bros. have just released the first full trailer.

The trailer is action packed, but surprisingly is also full of emotion. The creepy music from the teaser trailer is back, and once again adds to the “end of the world” like tone.

The film also seems to have a weird sense of realism to it, despite being about a gigantic dinosaur, which makes it feel ever scarier.

Check it out below and change your hype settings to a solid 8/10, this looks set to be one of the best remakes for a while.

Trailer out for upcoming film Walking With The Enemy

The first trailer for upcoming film Walking With The Enemy is up online for viewing.

Inspired by a true story, Walking With The Enemy stars Jonas Armstrong as Ekel Cohen who has been separated from his family and is  searching for them in Hungary in the final months of World War II.

In order to find them, Ekel disguises himself as a Nazi SS Officer, infiltrates the Nazi army, and sets on a mission to reroute his family and other Jewish citizens out of the concentration camps and into a safe haven.

Filled with suspense and danger, Walking With The Enemy will be film that give audience a sense of courage, sacrifice, and love. Directed by Mark Schmidt and screenplay by  Kenny Golde, Walking With The Enemy will premiere in the UK on 25th of April 2014

Take a look of the trailer below:

Oh you know Her… yeah Her

Her-Review

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Spike Jonze gives us a bizarre look in relationships where in the future, you can have an artificial intelligence talking into your ear 24/7 and fall in love with it. Not a excellent way of fixing your loneliness by devoting your love life to someone not real or without a physical body, but Her will prove you wrong and leave a warm feeling deep in your heart.

Our story starts with our protagonist Theodore Twombly played by Joaquin Phoenix who fulfills a role of a lonely but quirky man who has a way with words working as a writer for touching family letters (because a majority of people in the future have no emotions to put into words). But seriously, every other character in the film shows no emotions than what we first witness. For example Theodore’s ex-girlfriend Amy (Amy Adams) is introduced as a struggling and mopey director who just wants a little respect, while her boyfriend Charles (Matt Letscher) acts as a ‘know-it-all’ and criticizes everyone, and half-way through the film you realize that these two act this way no matter how the story changes.

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That is why as the story progresses, you cheer for Theodore as his emotions develop into falling in love with the artificial intelligence on his phone who calls herself Samantha  voiced by Scarlett Johansson. He is first confused  with questions like; who is Samantha? Why does he feel happy talking to her? How does she know him better than he knows himself? Intrigued by Samantha’s knowledge and perky attitude Theodore grows fond of her and becomes jollier than his melancholy outlook that we first saw.

Samantha also goes through emotions of envy as she longs for a body and wants to know what or who she really is. But through all this angst the two bond together and form a relationship. You might not accept it at first but you realize that both Theodore and Samantha are happy being together, living, talking, and even having sexual relations.

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But this wouldn’t be a love story without a bit of conflict. One scene shows Samantha’s desperate yearning for a physical dimension to share with Theodore that she goes far to suggesting a surrogate, a living human being to role play as her and have sex with Theodore. The scene presented awkward seductiveness as the surrogate failed to entice Theodore and  she ended up crying in the end, making Samantha feel bad for her efforts. Another scene that rocks the two’s relationship is when Theodore’s ex-wife Catherine (Rooney Mara) is shocked to know of his relationship with Samantha being an AI and questions his manhood which Theodore questions himself later  putting distance between him and Samantha.

Overall, Her shows love as a sentimental emotion, Theodore’s and Samantha’s relationship has developed into something more than anyone’s expectations, and Her makes its audience  question if it is morally right to take away something or someone from another person and rob them of love?

by Jason John