Axinite Digicinema: JUDY DAVIS - TOUGH MOMMA BEHIND A GREAT DESGINER IN “THE DRESSMAKER”

Tilly Dunnage (Kate Winslet) can create, transform people and can bring to life every body’s assets hidden beneath the wrong sheets of fabrics and patterns. In “The Dressmaker” Academy Award winner Kate Winslet and Academy Award nominee Judy Davis star alongside as mother and daughter in a story about revenge clothed in exquisitely surprising creations.

 Tilly/Myrtle was then ten years old when she was sent away and separated from her mother Molly (Davis), accused of a crime she herself couldn’t understand. Twenty years after, armed with a Singer sewing machine and courage to come back to care for her mother and uncover the truth behind the accusations thrown at her. Tilly reconnects with the townsfolk one stich at a time as she finds herself closer to the truth behind her past, eventually falling for the town’s local football hero, Teddy McSwiney (Liam Hemsworth) whose family has also looked after Molly in her absence. Most importantly, she forms an initially volatile but finally tender reconciliation with her mother Molly.

Based on the highly-acclaimed book by Rosalie Ham, the character of Tilly seems drawn, at least in part, from Rosalie’s mother. “My mother was one of the dressmakers in Jerilderie. She happened to be divorced, and so there was a certain amount of scandal that was attached to that. She had to make a living as a seamstress. And I saw the difference in her role as the seamstress as opposed to the other ladies who were in the hierarchy of the town that wanted beautiful frocks made by her.

The casting of Tilly’s mother Molly Dunnage was crucial, but it had secretly been decided from the outset. Director Jocelyn Moorhouse says: “Judy Davis is a brilliant actress, one of the world’s best. In Woody Allen’s Husbands And Wives, she was so funny and I thought she will nail Molly, but she won’t just be funny, she’ll be really beautiful as this woman who’s had to put up with so much pain in her life but still has a great sense of humour.”

Judy Davis’ range, gravitas, wit and edge would be the perfect counterpoint to Kate Winslet. Sue says: “From Jocelyn and my perspective, you could not ask for anything more than to work with two of the greatest actresses working in the world today, Judy Davis and Kate Winslet and to put them together in a movie and see the magic.”

Molly Dunnage, or ‘Mad Molly’ as she’s casually known, is Tilly’s acerbic, unpredictable, and not-as-mad-as-she-seems mother. Molly says things, hurtful things, particularly to her daughter, which she may or may not mean. Like her daughter, Molly is sharp and forthright, she tells the residents of Dungatar how she sees it.

Sue Maslin says of the importance of Molly to the fabric of the film: “The thing that really helped right from the beginning was that Jocelyn said, ‘You know, all these things happen to Tilly, and yes there is a love story (with Teddy McSwiney) but the real love story is a mother-daughter relationship.’ And I thought, she’s so right - the relationship between Tilly and Molly is actually the emotional heartbeat that anchors everything else that happens in the film.”

Liam Hemsworth points to the special bond that Teddy McSwiney and Molly share. “A lot of people in Dungatar will talk behind people’s backs, Molly doesn’t do that, she’s upfront, she’ll call people out when it’s deserved and Teddy likes that. She’s got a lot of spirit.”

The film is replete with beautiful creations – sumptuous, elegant, even startling ones, depending on who’s wearing them and what the intended effect is on the part of the creator, as well as the wearer. Of the end results, and of her own character, who avoids transformation, Judy Davis says: “I think the costumes are absolutely wonderful. Given the size of the film, and limited time, Marion Boyce did a tremendous job. Molly didn’t have much of a wardrobe thank God, so that was pretty simple!”

 

“The Dressmaker” opens in theaters this November 4 from Axinite Digicinema.

SIENNA MILLER REUNITES WITH BRADLEY COOPER, TAKES MOST CHALLENGING KITCHEN ASSIGNMENT IN “BURNT”

Golden Globe nominee Sienna Miller who recently starred in “American Sniper,” reunites with Bradley Cooper in the heartwarming story of the drama, humor and battle in the world’s best kitchens in “Burnt.”

In “Burnt,” Miller plays Helene, a chef whom Adam (Cooper) recruits to his team. The actress describes her character: “She's a chef and a single mother, juggling her life. When Adam is assembling his brigade, a friend tips him off about an interesting chef at the Delaunay. He tastes her dish – peppe e cacio – which is a simple dish but difficult to get exactly right. It's delicious and he asks her to join him. She is initially reluctant but eventually becomes an important member of his brigade.

Adam's a rock n roll chef, a notorious bad boy who gained two Michelin stars but lost them because of his addictions and the general chaos his life descended into. His motivation is to regain the stars and surpass his previous success, but despite his ruthless ambition, he really needs to find out what really matters in his life. Helene has just come out of a bad relationship so she is not looking for another one. She is focused on trying to make a life for her daughter and working. She senses that she could be attracted to Adam but is resisting,” She adds, “She is pretty punchy. As a mother I, I wonder how she could work those insane hours. The sacrifices she makes as a chef are incredible.”

All of the cast members put in long hours training in kitchens during pre-production in London. Director John Wells singles out Sienna Miller for special praise. “Sienna was a real trouper in the kitchen. She had one of the more difficult stations – the fish – to work. She spent a tremendous amount of time with Marcus in his kitchen and throughout the kitchen shoot she stayed in there and kept at it.”





Sienna's dedication to her kitchen work was immersive, and she was delighted to be told that, of everyone involved in the shoot, Marcus Wareing, a Michelin star chef and presenter of the top rated BBC TV Master Chef, would hire her for his kitchen, if she ever decided on a change of career.

Says Sienna, “Marcus was tough on us, treating us as if we worked in his kitchen, not as if we are actors; no mollycoddling. Marcus trained alongside Gordon Ramsay and Marco Pierre White and their management style comes from the military: strict and hierarchical. In the kitchen, Marcus commands huge respect.”

“My technique is much improved after cooking fish for weeks on end,” she notes. “It's very taxing and needs mental focus. Fish is all about timing – even a few seconds can really matter. I now have much more appreciation of how a kitchen runs. The hardest part of filming was dealing with the intensity of the heat in a high octane environment.” She adds, “Marcus also explained to us the etiquette of eating in Michelin star restaurants, to add to your enjoyment of the meal.”

Miller was born in New York, educated in England and studied drama at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. She is best known for her roles in “American Sniper,” “Foxcatcher,” “Layer Cake,” “Alfie,” “Factory Girl,” “Interview” and “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.” She was nominated for a Golden Globe in 2013 for HBO’s The Girl. She has been nominated by BAFTA, the London Film Critics Circle Awards and the Independent Spirit Awards. She also has starred on Broadway and The West End, including most recently as Sally Bowles in Cabaret on Broadway, the title role in After Miss Julie at the Roundabout, and in Flare Path at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London.

“Burnt” will open November 4 in theaters from Pioneer Films.

Now Showing: The Professional from Pioneer Films [R16]

 

"The Professional" is now showing in cinemas nationwide from Pioneer Films. 

Watch the official Trailer of The Professional on Youtube

Pioneer Films: BOND GIRL OLGA KURYLENKO BECOMES “THE PROFESSIONAL”

 Stepping a notch up from her Bond girl persona, Olga Kurylenko takes on the titular role in the action –packed female-driven role in “The Professional,” also entitled “Momentum” in international territories, Kurylenko stars alongside James Purefoy, Jenna Saras and Morgan Freeman.

“The Professional” brings Alex (Kurylenko), a mysterious thief, is pulled in by her former partner for one last heist. She quickly finds it was never just about the diamonds. A brutal murder sparks a cat and mouse chase between Alex and a master assassin. Now she must uncover the lies behind the heist and discover the secrets behind the men who have made her a target.

 

"The Professional" is now showing in cinemas nationwide from Pioneer Films.

Pioneer Films - “SICARIO” BATTLES TODAY’S SWATH OF DARKEST CRIMES [R16]

From acclaimed director Denis Villeneuve (“Prisoners,” “Incendies”) comes “Sicario,” a searing emotional-thriller that descends into the intrigue, corruption and moral mayhem of the borderland drug wars starring acclaimed and award-winning actors including Golden Globe® winner Emily Blunt, Academy Award® winner Benicio Del Toro and Academy Award® nominee Josh Brolin.

“Sicario” ratchets into a series of boiling encounters when when Arizona FBI agent and kidnap-response-team leader Kate Macer (Blunt) uncovers a Mexican cartel’s house of death, her shocking find leads to profound consequences on both a personal and global level. Kate is recruited to join a covert black-ops mission headed by a mysterious Colombian operative known only as Alejandro (Del Toro) along with special agent Matt Graver (Brolin) Even as Kate tries to convince herself she’s on a hunt for justice, she is thrust into the dark heart of a secret battleground that has swept up ruthless cartels, kill-crazy assassins, clandestine American spies and thousands of innocents.

“It’s a movie about choices,” adds Benicio Del Toro, who dives into one of his most conflicted roles as the equal parts vengeful and tender hit man Alejandro. “It’s tough to say whether any character in Sicario is truly good or bad. Do the means justify the ends? What happens when go into a situation where you want to kill one guy and you kill 20 innocent people? You got the bad guy, but at what cost?”

“Kate is tempted by this world,” says Emily Blunt, who breaks the mold with her portrait of a fierce female character whose life is in jeopardy throughout every second of the film. “She realizes she was barely scratching the surface doing things by the book and now she wants to believe she can do something that will make a real difference. Yet the very idea of no longer following the rules turns Kate’s whole world upside down. Nothing makes sense anymore.”

Josh Brolin, who is known for characters who ply the edges, was intrigued by the movie’s subtext of big questions about values versus security and whether fighting criminals with outlaw behavior darkens hearts beyond repair. “This movie is a human mystery that you get to grab at and put together for yourself,” Brolin says. “It’s a suspenseful and emotional puzzle.”

For screenwriter Taylor Sheridan, slowly, a story began to emerge about a side of the war on drugs few ever have seen in the U.S. -- the story of a war on drugs that often, in practical terms, becomes a war for drugs, as the powers that be jockey for control of the trade. It was, by necessity, a story full of human ambiguity. “Crime stories are usually told either from the point of view of the hero or the villain,” Sheridan notes. “This story couldn’t be like that. This is a story in which, even when you think the villain has been caught, you realize the problem hasn’t really been resolved. There will be another villain tomorrow.”

Sheridan’s script immediately garnered praise for its blend of a breathless thriller pace with the poignant characters of a sophisticated drama. But at first, he encountered resistance to the obvious risks of making the film. Then he met Thunder Road founder Basil Iwanyk and senior vice president of features Erica Lee.

Iwanyk says the screenplay was just too powerful to ignore; it was tense and timely, it was mesmerizing in its emotional sweep. “We thought it was one of the most beautifully, intensely, emotionally written thrillers that we’ve read in a really long time,” he comments.

Villeneuve felt an instant affinity for the material, but his aim was to leave judgment out of it, allowing the audience to decide whether the methods used by the blacks-op team are worth it in the end. “I have always thought that the world is gray, not black-and-white, and that the notion of good and evil is oriented by one’s cultural and geopolitical background,” the director comments. “Is there a solution to the continuing growth of the drug trade? Sicario raises a lot of questions, but it leaves the answers open.”

High-intensity action explodes in “Sicario” – now in cinemas nationwide from Pioneer Films. 

BRADLEY COOPER TAKES ON CHEF’S BATTLES BEHIND AND OUT OF THE KITCHEN IN “BURNT”

Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper who starred in highly acclaimed and hit films including “American Sniper,” “Silver Linings Playbook,” “Guardians of the Galaxy” (voiced Rocket Raccoon) and “American Hustle” stars anew in “Burnt” set in the world of professional kitchens with co-stars Sienna Miller, Omar Sy, Emma Thompson, Lily James and Sarah Greene. 

In “Burnt,” Cooper’s character Adam Jones, is a known and respected chef but his success got the better of him. Jones is someone who has had success in the past, followed by tremendous failure. He disappears, and then comes back, determined to recapture that success. He discovers that he can only do it with the help of other people, something that his narcissism and ego hadn't bargained for.

John Wells is one of the most prolific writers, directors and producers in television, film and for the stage brings a new a take on the ever growing foodie culture in “Burnt.” Director John Wells was attracted to Steven Knight's screenplay for “Burnt” because it was a special look into the unique world restaurateurs. “I read the script and admired it. I'm always attracted to good writing and I was very taken with the character of Adam Jones. He's a man who has had success in the past, followed by tremendous failure. He disappears, and then comes back, determined to recapture that success. He discovers that he can only do it with the help of other people, something that his narcissism and ego hadn't bargained for. Steven Knight has written a wonderful story of a man coming to grips with being an adult and what is required to succeed in life, not just in his profession.”

As creator, writer and producer of such seminal US TV series as ER and “The West Wing,” Wells insisted on accurately portraying the world in which the drama is set. Wells acknowledges that, currently, London is the world capital of fine dining. “London is where young chefs go to succeed, so it made sense that Adam goes to the place he can make the biggest impact to stage his comeback.” he says. “Being able to shoot in top restaurants and kitchens, like Michel Roux's restaurant at the Langham Hotel and the Delaunay, a recent Corbijn King restaurant, was a bonus, adding to the authenticity on screen.”

Wells admits that before starting doing his research around kitchens, he hadn't thought about the perils involved. “When you look around one of those kitchens, the arms of young chefs can be covered in cuts and burns. It's a very physical world and reminded me more of iron workers than what I had in mind, which was a tableau of chefs wandering around in whites and long white hats. In fact, we had a number of people injured in minor, but very painful ways.”

The involvement of renowned celebrity chefs was essential for the director and writer to place an audience in the middle of the action. “I couldn't have done it without chefs of that calibre, because I don't know what they do,” says Wells. “I came into this project thinking I can cook, but quickly realized I don't.”

Before shooting, Wells took the professional chefs through technical rehearsals, telling everyone what would be happening in the action of the scene, and what would be happening within the service at each moment of filming. He says, “It meant that when we shot with the cast, the food was prepared to the correct stage, and each of 40 or 50 pans on hot stoves would be in the right part of the process. The heat was high every day, around 40 degrees and the sweat, the cuts and the burns you see are real, so the audience should feel they've been dropped into a real kitchen.

“Burnt” opens November 4 in cinemas nationwide from Pioneer Films.

HUNGER GAMES STAR LIAM HEMSWORTH’S LATEST MOVIE WITH KATE WINSLET IN “THE DRESSMAKER” from Axinite Digicinema

Liam Hemsworth, whose versatility landed him major and notable roles in various film genres such as the highly successful “The Hunger Games” franchise, “The Last Song,” “The Expendables 2,” “Paranoia” and “Empire State” brings his acting range in his latest movie “The Dressmaker” opposite Kate Winslet along with two-time Emmy Award winner Judy Davis and multi-awarded actor Hugo Weaving (best known for his role in “Matrix” as Agent Smith).

“The Dressmaker” brings Hemsworth to his birth country Australia, where his character Teddy, lives in a small town called Dungatar. The town, it’s a wicked amalgam, a small town that could be anywhere in the world, that despite its fantastical vision and eccentric occupants, is built around deep truths about human behaviour. Every character in Dungatar is involved in either covering up or contributing to the tragic events of the past that affected Tilly (Winslet) and Molly (Davis). Some of them are not awful, but they’ve all committed some rather heinous acts that they’re trying to forget about. When Tilly comes back they’re forced to remember. The citizens of Dungatar see Tilly as a threat to their status quo, to the semi-peaceful existence they have established. They banished her when she was a little girl, blamed her for a murder, and the very fact that she’s come back means they’ll have to face all the bad things they did to her in the past. Except for Teddy McSwiney (Hemsworth), who treats Tilly in an endearing way and falls in love with her.

The love story that develops between Teddy and Tilly is tender and unexpected – in many ways the two are like chalk and cheese. Tilly has lived in Europe, she’s worldly, elegant, savvy, she has an emotional past. Teddy is a stolid footballer, uncouth, younger than her, who may not have ever ventured out of Dungatar, but they share a level of smarts, and he instantly falls in love with her.

Producer Sue Maslin says: “Casting the role of Teddy was probably the toughest decision - finding an actor that could bring both the charm and the masculinity to the role. We wanted an Australian actor, but somebody who was going to have credibility with audiences internationally as well. Liam Hemsworth certainly embodied the physicality of the role and the sensitivity. You could not find a better Teddy, he’s just utterly charming, utterly gorgeous, laconic, a larrikin- all of the things that Teddy embodies, so it was an absolute delight working with him.”

While director Jocelyn Moorhouse shares, " I Ioved the scenes where Kate and Judy were physically fighting each other, but I also have to admit the scene where Liam gets measured by Kate for his new suit, always makes me smile."

Liam Hemsworth, who plays Teddy, says he connected to the character on reading the script “because he reminded me of a lot of people I grew up with, of my grandpa in particular – a hard working Australian guy, someone who just gets on with it, very positive and quirky, a fun loving kind of spirit. Teddy is a little different to most of the people in Dungatar because he has a little more ambition and wants to get out and see what the rest of the world looks like. I felt like I knew this guy really well and I felt like I knew exactly how it should be played.”

Kate Winslet says: “Teddy is a sincere man, he has no airs and no graces, he looks like a right scruff pot most of the time but in many ways, he’s exactly what Tilly needs. He’s what she’s never experienced - someone who really appreciates her and sees her for who she is. He’s truthful and pure. It’s a very sweet endearing relationship.”

“The Dressmaker” opens November 4 in theatres from Axinite Digicinema.

MOST AWAITED CRIME THRILLER OF THE YEAR “SECRET IN THEIR EYES” from Axinite Digicinema

BRINGS TOGETHER HOLLYWOOD’S TOP ACTORS – JULIA ROBERTS, NICOLE KIDMAN AND CHIWETEL EJIOFOR

Hollywood’s heavyweights and A-list actors Academy Award winners Julia Roberts and Nicole Kidman along with Academy Award nominee Chiwetel Ejoifor star for the first time in the event thriller of the year “Secret In Their Eyes.”

“Secret In Their Eyes” a remake of the 2009 Oscar-winning Argentinian film of the same name, is written and directed by Academy Award® nominee Billy Ray (“Captain Phillips,” “The Hunger Games”), and produced by Academy Award® winner Mark Johnson (“Rain Man,” “Breaking Bad”), “Secret In Their Eyes” is an intense, powerful and haunting story of a tight-knit team of rising FBI investigators. Ray (Ejiofor) and Jess ( Roberts), along with their District Attorney supervisor Claire (Kidman) – is suddenly torn apart when they discover that Jess’s teenage daughter has been brutally and inexplicably murdered.

Now, thirteen years later, after obsessively searching every day for the elusive killer, Ray finally uncovers a new lead that he’s certain can permanently resolve the case, nail the vicious murderer, and bring long-desired closure to his team. No one is prepared, however, for the shocking, unspeakable secret that will reveal the enduring, destructive effects of personal vengeance on the human soul.

Interweaving past and present, this deeply layered mystery explores the murky boundaries between justice and revenge, and asks the question: how far would you go to right an unfathomable wrong?


This year’s most anticipated exciting film ensemble, “Secret In Their Eyes” opens this December 2 in Philippine theatres from Axinite Digicinema.

JENNIFER LAWRENCE, BRADLEY COOPER & ROBERT DE NIRO IN LATEST TRAILER RELEASE – “JOY” from 20th Century Fox

Oscar and Golden Globe nominee director David O. Russell collaborates anew with this generation’s most admired multi-generational team of incredible actors led by Jennifer Lawerence in the titular role along with Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper in the highly-inspirational story of “Joy” about a woman, a mother who became one of America’s most powerful entrepreneurs.

“Joy” is the story of a mother, an ordinary citizen whose determination led her to invent the miracle mop while trying to find a way to make both ends meet and provide for her family despite insurmountable obstacles.  A rags-to-riches story about a girl who becomes a matriarch in her own right by inventing the miracle mop that lifted a heavy burden off from millions of housewives across the globe.  

Also starring Edgar Ramirez, Isabella Rossellini, Diane Ladd, and Virginia Madsen, “Joy” is the wild story of a family across four generations that defies genre of themes on family, love and loyalty as allies become adversaries and adversaries become allies, both inside and outside of Joy’s clan.

“Joy” opens February 17 in cinemas (Phils.) nationwide from 20^th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros.

                Check out the film’s latest trailer release here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5fsJXxOMaU

 

Watch the Official Trailer of "Joy" on Youtube

  “Joy” is the story of a mother, an ordinary citizen whose determination led her to invent the miracle mop while trying to find a way to make both ends meet and provide for her family despite insurmountable obstacles.  A rags-to-riches story about a girl who becomes a matriarch in her own right by inventing the miracle mop that lifted a heavy burden off from millions of housewives across the globe.  

“Joy” opens February 17 in cinemas (Phils.) nationwide from 
20th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros. 

PMCM Events Management Invites you to SPECTRE Special Movie Blocked Screening at Resorts World Manila

This year’s most awaited James Bond 007 movie is coming to cinemas this November, and PMCM Events Management and WhenInManila.com together with Resorts World Manila brings you this special movie blocked screening of SPECTRE on November 07, 2015 (Saturday) 5:00pm in Newport World Cinema 3.

 

SPECTRE, which stars Daniel Craig, Monica Bellucci, Lea Seydoux, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw and Naomie Harris, is another adventure packed movie produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. According to the original creator of the James Bond Series, Ian Fleming, SPECTRE stands for “Special Executive for Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion”. In this movie, 007 discovers dirty facts of SPECTRE while its leader Franz Oberhauser hunts him down to death.

This James Bond movie is one of the longest amongst the series as it runs approximately 2.5 hours. It also has the oldest James Bond girl to date, Monica Bellucci, who is now 50 years old. This movie really is a must-see for every 007 fanatic.

You can now reserve your tickets of SPECTRE Movie Block Screening at the Resorts World Manila, November 7, 2015, 5:00 pm, by calling PMCM Events at 5010029 or 09178344978. Don’t miss this opportunity of enjoying this movie with your friends and family.

Now Showing: Pressure from Captive Cinema [R13]

Now Showing Nationwide.

“PRESSURE” is released and distributed by CAPTIVE CINEMA.

Meet the men stranded deep underwater in claustrophobic thriller “PRESSURE”

Four deep sea saturation divers become stranded 650ft below the surface of the Indian Ocean after disaster strikes their ship. With the air in their bodies compressed to withstand the depth, surfacing too fast without decompressing is unthinkable and will lead to almost certain death. With their diving bell damaged, rescue uncertain and oxygen depleting they are forced to work together to fight for their survival and ultimately find a way back to the surface

It's gripping and suspenseful, adeptly building tension as the back stories of the main characters unfold in surprising ways. When people are put in untenable positions, survival can bring out the best and worst of all of us.

Danny Huston, Matthew Goode, Joe Cole and Alan McKenna are the scuba-diving sailors, each cursed with a hardened core. Each character emotes a sense of psychotic behavior.

Reaching the bottom of the Somali Basin, a four-man saturation dive team prepare for work, servicing an oil pipeline at the bottom of the ocean. Jones the smart rookie, Hurst (Alan McKenna) the fast-living joker, Mitchell (Matthew Goode) the leader and stickler for protocol, and Engel, enigmatic and remote, make their final checks before heading out, unaware of the severity of a storm above water.

Turbulence hits the bell, and the team is radioed to prepare for their ascent as the storm hits their support vessel above. Mid-ascent everything stops; the bell lurches and begins to free fall, hitting the bottom of the ocean, and leaving the bell systems operating on emergency support. Engel swims out to assess the damage and discovers wreckage on the ocean floor; the ship is down. With no support boat above, they argue over the best way to ensure survival.

Mitchell insists on securing the bell, but if the rescue boat does not reach them in time, they will die. Engel (Danny Houston) believes they should float the bell, but Mitchell worries about the structural integrity after the accident, insisting they wait. Danger lies all around; the near freezing water outside, unendurable for long without hypothermia setting in; the decompression sickness if they ascend, lungs rupturing in the most unimaginable pain; and on top of all this, the diminishing air supply, without which they will all die.

Hope comes in the form of radio contact with a Chinese ship requesting their co- ordinates but communication is lost and the peril persists. Mitchell takes charge, instructing Hurst to assist him in securing the bell. Mitchell’s umbilical gets aged, cutting off his breathing gas and communication system.

As he struggles to breathe, Hurst races towards him but is unable to detach the umbilical. The malfunctioning commas spark into action; Engel hearing Mitchell in danger dives into the water to drag Mitchell to safety back inside the bell. It quickly emerges that Hurst cannot use his hands properly – a side effect from years of diving – and has been unfit to do his job for some time.

Determined to prove his worth, Hurst sneaks out of the bell in an attempt to find the sunken ship and bring back vital breathing gas.

Ignoring Mitchell’s orders to return, Hurst pursues the wreckage; running out of heat, he starts falling into the throws of hypothermia. Worried about the continuing waste on air, knowing it’s too late to save him; Jones (Joe Cole) makes the decision to turn off Hurst’s breathing supply. Jones analyses a map of the seabed and determines that if they follow the pipeline, they will find emergency gas; Engel volunteers for the mission. Time and heat rapidly diminishing, he finally locates the canisters but exhausts his body to the limit. As Engel begins to lose the fight for life, Mitchell reacts fast, and swims out to help him, hauling both Engel and a canister back to the bell. Mitchell forces CPR to save the unconscious Engel, as he splutters back into life, gulping air into his starving lungs.

The radio crackles to life with contact from HMS Marlborough, but without co-ordinates the chances of the ship locating the bell by sonar is time conditional. In a desperate effort to make their location known, Mitchell swims towards the surface as far as his umbilical can reach holding a GPS beacon. Before he can activate the device he is engulfed by a swarm of jellyfish. Batting the creatures away, his hand slips, and the beacon escapes before he has the chance to activate. Still determined, Mitchell takes a deep breath, ripping off his umbilical, and chases the disappearing beacon. Grabbing hold, he

Must remove his glove to activate it; he’s successful, but with his hand badly stung by the jellyfish, and his umbilical disconnected, he falls through the ocean to his death. Now only Jones and Engel remain, awaiting further communications from HMS Marlborough. They have located the beacon, but it will still be hours before they can commence a full rescue, and there’s not enough breathing gas left. Engel makes the decision to float the diving bell. As it ascends the wreckage below snaps the umbilical, and the bell is stopped. The only option remaining is to swim to the surface, a near impossible dive. With only one helmet remaining, Engel demands Jones makes the dive, essentially giving up his life in exchange.

Trepidation and suspense set in as Jones makes the ascent, struggling to switch from his umbilical to a breathing tank. Engel guides Jones via the communications, and he finally breaks the surface. The rescue boat charges towards Jones and hauls his exhausted body into the hyperbaric chamber. The reality of the situation hits Engel and he accepts his fate.

“PRESSURE” is released and distributed by CAPTIVE CINEMA Showing on October 21. Nationwide.

NOW SHOWING: The Last Witch Hunter from Pioneer Films [R13]

“The Last Witch Hunter” is NOW Showing in cinemas from Pioneer Films.

VIN DIESEL’S LATEST ACTION ADVENTURE MOVIE - “THE LAST WITCH HUNTER” from Pioneer Films

Blockbuster movie action star Vin Diesel, who propelled to worldwide stardom with the adrenaline-boosting film franchise “Fast and the Furious” stars in his latest explosively original adventure movie “The Last Witch Hunter.”

Directed by Breck Eisner, winner of an Emmy® Award for Outstanding Miniseries, a Saturn Award for Best Single Television Presentation, a Golden Globe® nomination and numerous other honors for his work in Sci-Fi Channel’s miniseries “Taken” and produced by Mark Canton, known for his high-profile blockbuster projects such as “300,” “300: Rise of an Empire” and “The Spiderwick Chronicles,” “The Last Witch Hunter” being Eisner and Canton’s collaboration produces a unique gorgeously rendered complex mythological universe packed with intense battles, unthinkable treachery and unforgettable characters. Set in a world never before seen on screen, the story spans over 800 years of one man’s quest to keep an army of vicious supernatural creatures determined to wipe out humanity at bay.

Historically, witches were often scapegoats for supposed heresy. Anything outside the bounds of religion could be deemed “witchcraft.” The film’s rich mythology portrays witches in an entirely new way. The witch (or Hexan) race preceded mankind on Earth, drawing otherworldly energies from the four elements: Air, Water, Fire and Earth. When humans came along and began to master nature rather than honor her, an inevitable conflict grew, sparking a long and vicious war.

“The Last Witch Hunters” treks for past to present, during the Middle Ages, the Witch Lords, six all-powerful siblings, emerged, unleashing their ultimate weapon on the world: the Black Death, a plague that killed as much as 60 percent of Europe’s population. A secret brotherhood calling themselves “The Order of Axe and The Cross” dedicated themselves to hunting down and destroying the Witch Queen in order to save mankind.

It was Kaulder, played by Diesel who finally slew the Queen, but the price was steep. With her dying breath, the Queen cursed him with immortality. Kaulder has lived for eight centuries as humanity’s last protector, policing the remaining witches who hide in plain sight, constrained by the draconian rules of the Axe and Cross and their own Witch Council. As the story opens, he suspects a scheme to resurrect the Queen and destroy the world is afoot.

While some of the witches are evil, others practice a more benign magic, Diesel explains. “This movie suggests that there are people who possess magic among us now. It introduces the idea that they are an ancient race that existed before us, who have seen humanity grow and destroy the natural world as they knew it.”

“With a film like this you need a director who pays attention to every detail,” adds Diesel. “We go in and out of multiple realms and Breck had to lay down the rules of magic. With an original mythology like this, it’s up to the director to translate it for the audience, for the actors and for the crew, and that is something Breck has done brilliantly.”

“The Last Witch Hunter” has something for everyone, according to Canton. “Kaulder is the coolest guy in the world. In over 800 years, he’s learned everything there is to know about the arts, music, culture, architecture, but more importantly, about people and the difference between good and evil. He’s a super cool, modern guy who has stood the test of time.”

Starring alongside Vin Diesel, “The Last Witch Hunter” also includes Elijah Wood (“The Lord of the Rings” Trilogy, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”), Rose Leslie (HBO’s “Game of Thrones”), and Michael Caine (“The Dark Knight” trilogy, “Interstellar”). Rounding out the cast are Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” HBO’s “True Detective”), Julie Engelbrecht (“The Red Baron”), Isaach de Bankolé (“Casino Royale”), Joseph Gilgun (“Lockout”), and Rena Owen (“Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith,” “Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones”).

“The Last Witch Hunter” opens this October 21 from Pioneer Films.

Pioneer Films - “THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY Part 2” POWERFUL FINALE IN CINEMAS NOVEMBER 18

“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” directed by Francis Lawrence now brings the franchise to its powerful final chapter in which Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) realizes the stakes are no longer just for survival – they are for the future.

With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow (Donald Sutherland) in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale (Liam Hemsworth), Finnick (Sam Claflin) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to liberate the citizens of Panem, and stage an assassination attempt on President Snow who has become increasingly obsessed with destroying her. The mortal traps, enemies, and moral choices that await Katniss will challenge her more than any arena she faced in The Hunger Games.

Adapted from Suzanne Collins’ bestselling book series of the same title, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2’s” screenplay is written by Peter Craig and Danny Strong.
The first three instalments of the global blockbuster Hunger Games franchise have grossed more than $2.2 billion at the worldwide box office and counting. The last two installments of The Hunger Games franchise (Catching Fire and Mockingjay – Part 1) have become the highest-grossing releases at the domestic box office each of the past two years, the first time ever for back-to-back sequels. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire also holds the record as the 10th highest-grossing domestic release of all time.

“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2” blasts in cinemas nationwide this November 18 from Pioneer Films. Click here for the film’s trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgtcBkQhp64

Watch “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2” trailer on youtube

“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2” blasts in cinemas nationwide this November 18 from Pioneer Films.

KATE WINSLET STARS IN HIGH FASHION DRAMEDY “THE DRESSMAKER”

Kate Winslet, who rocketed to worldwide audience with her lead role as Rose in the blockbuster film“Titanic” with Leonardo DiCaprio stars in the upcoming movie “The Dressmaker,” a hilarious dramedy clothed in elite fashion where revenge never looked so classy.

Based on the best-selling novel by Rosalie Ham, “The Dressmaker” is a bittersweet, comedy-drama set in early 1950s Australia. Tilly Dunnage (Kate Winslet), a beautiful and talented misfit, after many years working as a dressmaker in exclusive Parisian fashion houses, returns home to the tiny middle-of-nowhere town of Dungatar to right the wrongs of the past. Not only does she reconcile with her ailing, eccentric mother Molly (Judy Davis) and unexpectedly falls in love with the pure-hearted Teddy (Liam Hemsworth), but armed with her sewing machine and incredible sense of style, she transforms the women of the town and in doing so gets sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.

“The Dressmaker” also includes actors in stellar remarkable roles such as Hugo Weaving, Sarah Snook, Caroline Goodall, Shane Bourne, Kerry Fox and Rebecca Gibney and directed by American Film Institute winner Jocelyn Moorhouse acclaimed for her previous works in “How To Make An American Quilt” starring Wynona Ryder and “A Thousand Acres” starring Michelle Pfieffer and Colin Firth.

Kate Winslet remembers: “When I first read the script I was very taken by how different she was as a woman to anything I’d read for quite a while. There’s a strength in her that is unflinching and almost aggressive at times because she has had to overcome so many challenges in order to stay strong and to be the person that she is.”

Tilly Dunnage and her mother Molly were always outcasts in Dungatar, baited by the grasping, nasty inhabitants, but the tragic death of a child - the Pettyman’s son Stewart - when Tilly was 10 years old, and for which she’s blamed, led to her expulsion from the town. Now in her 30’s, the unsolved mystery of the death haunts her, and Tilly returns to seek closure – firstly through clarity of what really happened, secondly through some measure of revenge. Her strength, her rare talents, but also her need for love are clear.

Producer Sue Maslin explains it in this way: “The leading theme of The Dressmake is the notion of revenge and it’s revenge as a wickedly funny idea, but it’s also revenge that is a necessity. In Tilly’s case, it’s necessary because she not only needs to understand why she was victimised as a young child and sent away, and why her mother has been punished all the years since she left, but more importantly, she needs to reconcile the truth for herself about what happened. She needs to forgive herself. She can’t do that in isolation.”

Kate Winslet finds that: “Tilly is unique and extremely skilled at what she does, she has a sense of grace and poise that is entirely lacking in the town. I really admired her very powerful sense of self. She’s vulnerable but does a really good job of hiding it.”

Of the novel’s characterisation, Rosalie Ham says: “Tilly Dunnage is reserved, aloof, an observer, she has instinct, she knows what people are like and she appeals to the good or the bad in people with her talents. She’s a wounded, slightly vengeful but not to the extent where she does anything terrible directly - she puts in place things so that those who deserve it ruin themselves. It’s her presence in circumstances that causes the chaos, or the joy.”

 

Revenge is back in fashion when “The Dressmaker” opens nationwide this November 4 from Axinite Digicinema.

Axinite Digicinema: KATE WINSLET’S FROCKERY ROCKED SLEEPY TOWN IN “THE DRESSMAKER”

 

Based on the wickedly hilarious and couture-filled book of the same title by Rosalie Ham, “The Dressmaker” is set at 1951 in a town called Dungatar, a one-horse town deep in the wheat belt of south-east Australia. The sleepy town of Dungatar is suddenly alarmed at the return of Tilly Dunnage (Academy Award winner Kate Winslet), a beautiful, talented misfit, who’s been working as a dressmaker in France for the great haute couture designers, returns home to Dungatar, a one-horse town deep in the wheat belt of south-east Australia. After 20 years away, Tilly has been driven back by a recent tragedy, to do two things – look after her ailing, eccentric mother Molly (Judy Davis), and right the wrongs of the past that continue to haunt her. Tilly Dunnage has revenge in her heart.

Tilly feels instinctively that she was wronged as a child, but she also feels cursed and can’t clearly remember what happened. The Dungatarians are drawn in by Tilly’s bewitching skills of transformation, and one by one, she extracts from them the information necessary to piece the truth together. The extraordinary gowns she creates become her means for revenge against those who did her wrong. There’ll be a price for looking this good.

Along the way Tilly bares her heart and against her better judgement falls in love with local football hero, Teddy McSwiney (Liam Hemsworth). Most importantly, she forms an initially volatile but finally tender reconciliation with her mother Molly.

Director Jocelyn Moorhouse says: “A designer friend of mine once said to me, couture is a weapon and that stuck with me. I like the idea of a woman being able to use her skills at designing extraordinary clothes that can transform the people wearing them, and to use that as a weapon against those people.”

Clothes are crucial to “The Dressmaker” – costuming is key to any film, but here it takes on a profound level of importance. Rosalie Ham had the clothes close in mind when writing the source book: “Clothes as a disguise, something to cover the flaws of your body, was what I wanted to explore, but in this case, it exacerbates the flaws in the people - things like vanity and jealousy - and so it all came from that.”

Fashion in “The Dressmaker” is about disguise. Tilly Dunnage takes advantage of the women in the town and appeals to their sense of competition and vanity. The women of Dungatar haven’t looked or felt good for a very long time, so it’s a way of luring people and giving them a false sense of hope. Tilly simply gives them enough rope – or ribbon – to hang themselves with. She lets them “bring themselves unstitched”, as Rosalie puns.

Kate Winslet says: “Tilly has trained as a couture dressmaker in France with Balenciaga and Dior and Madame Vionnet. The Dungatarians don’t really understand quite how magical and beautiful her creations truly are, they think it’s ‘dress up’. It’s kind of a gift that she’s giving them, as well as carrying out little bits of revenge along the way. They go from looking pale and a bit tea stained to looking like they’re all walking down a red carpet. It’s really quite striking.”

The post war 1950s were a time in which fashion had two competing movements - Christian Dior created ‘the new look’ in 1947, which took women back a little bit to the corset and the cinched waist. Madame Vionnet and Balenciaga were both couturiers who didn’t use artifice, they used what was already there and the way fabric was draped on the body to enhance the good qualities and disguise the bad.

Rosalie Ham says: “I wanted to make the distinction between those two things in The Dressmaker. You can be feminine and beautiful but you don’t have to wear a corset or alter yourself particularly to be able to do that.”

Check out Winslet’s runway-worthy creations in “The Dressmaker” when it opens November 4 in theaters nationwide from Axinite Digicinema.

Watch “The Dressmaker” trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZavDxSOhCE

Watch “The Dressmaker” trailer on youtube

Check out Winslet’s runway-worthy creations in “The Dressmaker” when it opens November 4 in theaters nationwide from Axinite Digicinema.

Now Showing: Operator from Solar Pictures [R13]

 


 Now Showing! Answer the call of the OPERATOR in cinemas nationwide. Distributed by Solar Pictures.

Olson Brothers Answer “Operator” Call - Solar Pictures.

Directors Amariah and Obin Olson talk about the inspiration for their new film OPERATOR opening in cinemas nationwide October 21, 2015

When a veteran 911 call center Operator's daughter is held hostage, she's left desperate with no choice but to follow a caller's rules; send a message through dispatch for all Los Angeles police and fire units to scatter to remote destinations where they are met with chaos; cars crashing, explosions, and gunfire.

Not knowing who or why, the one thing Amanda knows is if she fails to secretly collaborate with one of the police, her ex-husband - she'll be the sole person responsible for facilitating the biggest crime of the century. Now she must race the clock to make the choice of her life - save the city - or save her daughter.

Operator stars Mischa Barton (The O.C., The Sixth Sense, Notting Hill); Luke Goss (Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Frankenstein, Blade II) Ving Rhames (Mission Impossible, Dawn of The Dead, Pulp Fiction) and Michael Pare (The Lincoln Lawyer, Hope Floats, The Philadelphia Experiment).

“Operator is an action/thriller exploring an aspect of society that is important but often overlooked: 911 call center operators and emergency dispatchers,” says director Amariah Olson“The Story was compelling for us as directors because of the insight it provides into these unsung heroes, men and women faced with so many crimes and having to learn to deal with these situations as the first response team... and then throw in the thought of “what if this system were taken over by a criminal to pull off the biggest heist of the century?” We thought this idea would be very interesting to explore as a film, thus Operator was born,” he added.

Olson explains the film is about everyday people who get thrown into extraordinary situations. “Luke Goss doesn’t play a superhero cop. In fact, he’s just been demoted and is struggling with his personal life. Mischa Barton’s character is a mother, a behind-the-scenes type of hero. Ving Rhames isn’t just the bad guy. He had to play an intense character with only a phone, no other actors to play off of. Michael Pare’s character is a cop that toys with greed and with frustrations that seem common these days.”

Audiences will enjoy the various layers that make this high-octane film more than the stereotypical shoot-em-up flick. Suspense and intrigue gets woven through every scene. We try to keep the suspense high and the action well-paced. You don’t know what’s going to happen next. You don’t know who’s in on it. You don’t know what’s going to happen to your favorite characters or the characters that you hate the most.

When the audience has to pay Php200 for a film, they need to be able to feel fulfilled when the end credits start rolling. If they can feel gratified with a fun, suspenseful thrill ride that keeps them guessing, then we’ve done our jobs.

 Now Showing! Answer the call of the OPERATOR in cinemas nationwide. Distributed by Solar Pictures.